“I know all that will happen in every part of the world.”
“What power have you, and who are you?” asked Fin of the fifth man.
“I am called Always Taking; I steal.”
“What can you steal?”
“Whatever I set my mind on. I can steal the eggs from a snipe, and she sitting on them; and the snipe is the wariest bird in existence.”
“What can you do?” asked Fin, looking at the sixth man.
“My name is Climber. I can climb the highest castle in the world, though its sides were as slippery as glass.”
“Who are you?” asked he of the seventh stranger.
“I am called Bowman.”
“What can you do?”