70 The Flame-Flower

They laughed jeeringly, without mirth,
saying —

‘How fight? These wild men from be-
yond the great wall have the skill of arms,
and are fierce!”

“Be ye fierce too, then,” said Griffith.

 

“Some among you have javelins which
your masters gave you—they have slain
wolves and can slay enemies; ye have
knives—make spears of them; ye have bows
that will slay the fox and the hare; in the
forest, where the yew-trees grow, there are