Arrived there, it seemed right to bow, very low. So they did it.
Then the Mouldiwarp said—
"What brings you here?"
"Kind magic," Elfrida answered.
And the Mouldierwarp said—
"What is your desire?"
And Edred said, "We want Dickie, please."
Then the Mouldiestwarp said, and it was to Edred that he said it—
"Dickie is in the hands of those who will keep him from you for many a day unless you yourself go, alone, and rescue him. It will be difficult, and it will be dangerous. Will you go?"
"Me? Alone?" said Edred rather blankly. "Not Elfrida?"