“Love is greater.”

“What are you waiting here for?”

“Nothing at all. The last of the great army has passed into the Valley, and I will go home and pray for the dead,” said Padna.

“And I will go home and pray for the living,” said Micus.

“Good night,” said Padna.

“Good morning, you mean,” said Micus.

The King of Montobewlo

“I wonder,” said Padna Dan to his friend Micus Pat, as they strolled along a country road together, “if you ever heard the story of the King of Montobewlo.”

“Who the blazes is or was the King of Montobewlo?” said Micus.