Now I saw why he spoke low, for Leo was still fast asleep.
"Let him rest on," he said, as he undid the wrappings on my arm, "for he has suffered much, and," he continued significantly, "may still have more to suffer." "What do you mean, friend Oros ?" I asked sharply.

"I thought you told us that we were safe upon this Mountain." "I told you, friend----" and he looked at me.
"Holly is my name----" "-- friend Holly, that your bodies are safe.

I said nothing of all the rest of you.

Man is more than flesh and blood.

He is mind and spirit as well, and these can be injured also." "Who is there that would injure them ?" I asked.
"Friend," he answered, gravely, "you and your companion have come to a haunted land, not as mere wanderers, for then you would be dead ere now, but of set purpose, seeking to lift the veil from mysteries which have been hid for ages.