He slowly recovered as from a swoon; his eyes rolled wildly.
"Heard ye not the voice of the star ?" he said.
And the chief of the elders answered, "Nay, we heard no sound." Then Morven sighed heavily.
"To me only the word was given.

Summon instantly, O councillors of the king, summon the armed men, and all the youth of the tribe, and let them take the sword and the spear, and follow thy servant! For lo! the star hath announced to him that the foe shall fall into our hands as the wild beasts of the forests." The son of Osslah spoke with the voice of command, and the elders were amazed.

"Why pause ye ?" he cried.

"Do the gods of the night lie?
On my head rest the peril if I deceive ye." Then the elders communed together; and they went forth and summoned the men of arms, and all the young of the tribe; and each man took the sword and the spear, and Morven also.

And the son of Osslah walked first, still looking up at the star, and he motioned them to be silent, and moved with a stealthy step.
So they went through the thickest of the forest, till they came to the mouth of a great cave, overgrown with aged and matted trees, and it was called the Cave of Oberlin; and he bade the leaders place the armed men on either side the cave, to the right and to the left, among the bushes.
So they watched silently till the night deepened, when they heard a noise in the cave and the sound of feet, and forth came an armed man; and the spear of Morven pierced him, and he fell dead at the mouth of the cave.