And the man's name was Bull Nosy, or the longnosed man of the kindred of the Bull, for in such wise are named the men of that unhappy folk.

Now this was the cause why I might not sell her, that she was so proud and stout that men feared her, what she might do if they had her away.

And when some spake to see her body naked, she denied it utterly, saying that she would do a mischief to whomsoever tried it.

So I spake to him who owned her, and asked him if he thought it good to take her a while and quell her with such pains as would spoil her but little, and then bring her to market when she was meeker.
But he heeded my words little, and led her away, she riding on a horse and he going afoot beside her; for the mountain-men be no horsemen." Said Ralph: "Dost thou know at all whither he will have led her ?" Said the merchant: "By my deeming, he will have gone first of all to the town of Whiteness, whither thy Fellowship will betake them ere long: for he will be minded to meet there the Lord of Utterbol, who is for such like wares; and he will either give her to him as a gift, for which he will have a gift in return, or he will sell her to my lord at a price if he dare to chaffer with him.

At least so will he do if he be wise.