“I! Heaven forbid; it was the bear.”
“Shall you go there to-morrow in search of him?” broke in the terrified Maase.
“No, truly; how can you suppose, friends, that even a bear would venture to take refuge in a cave where—”
He stopped short, and all three made the sign of the cross.
“You are right,” replied the fisherman; “wild beasts would be warned away by their instinct.”
“My good friends,” said Ordener, “what is there so frightful about this Walderhog cave?”
They looked at one another in stupid surprise, as if they could not understand such a question.
“Is that where King Walder’s tomb is?” added the young man.
“Yes,” replied the woman; “a stone tomb which sings.”
“And that’s not all,” said the fisherman.