Had I told it to you myself, it could not have been better said," and she glanced at me out of the corners of her eyes.

"Now, Strangers, will you drink?
Once that gate was guarded, and only at a great price or as a great reward were certain of the Highest Blood given the freedom of this fountain which might touch no common lips.

Indeed it was one of the causes of our last war, for all the world which was, desired this water which now is lapped by a stranger's hound." "I suppose there is nothing medicinal in it ?" said Bastin.

"Once when I was very thirsty, I made a mistake and drank three tumblers of something of the sort in the dark, thinking that it was Apollinaris, and I don't want to do it again." "Just the sort of thing you would do," said Bickley.

"But, Lady Yva, what are the properties of this water ?" "It is very health-giving," she answered, "and if drunk continually, not less than once each thirty days, it wards off sickness, lessens hunger and postpones death for many, many years.