“Now,” said the old magician—for such he was—“now we are about to take a journey such as no one ever travelled before. Heed well what I tell you. Speak not a single word, for if you do, misfortune will be sure to happen.”
“Ain’t I to say anything?” said the fisherman.
“No.”
“Not even boo’ to a goose?”
“No.”
“Well, that is pretty hard upon a man who likes to say his say,” said the fisherman.
“And moreover,” said the old man, “I must blindfold you as well.”
Thereupon he took from his pocket a handkerchief, and made ready to tie it about the fisherman’s eyes.
“And ain’t I to see anything at all?” said the fisherman.
“No.”