"King Liutbert himself can alone permit me so to interpret the vow. But be comforted: thou shalt soon drink wine, as much as thou wilt."
"Where?"
"In the house where we will now seek hospitality."
"But in which?"
"For my sake in the nearest, in order to quench thy thirst. Look there, on the right of the road stands a hill with a house upon it; one can see the white statues of the gods on the roof, gleaming through the bushes."
"But down there, to the left of the road, lies another; it seems larger, more stately, more promising."
"It is all one to me."
"Then we will choose the larger--that on the left."
"But look, there shot a star from heaven! and it fell immediately on the roof of the house to the right, on the hill. That is a hint from the gods. I will gladly follow the star. We will go to the house on the right."
He thereupon sprang from the high road on to the little foot-path that led to the stonemason's house.