She paused; then said softly, after a long look straight into his eyes. 'What avails it to talk? You must act.'
'What is required?' asked Astro in trembling tones, and turning pale.
'You must know a certain word, and you must anoint your skin with a certain unguent.'
'Have you this unguent?'
'Yes.'
'And you know the word?'
She nodded.
'And then one can fly?'
'Try. You will find my method simpler than your mechanics.'
The single eye of the smith blazed with the madness of desire.