like this, in every minute detail -- they can't be told
apart." Then they all broke out with exclamations of
surprise and admiration:
"A thousand! Verily a mighty work -- a year's
work for many men."
"No -- merely a day's work for a man and a boy."
They crossed themselves, and whiffed out a protec-
tive prayer or two.
"Ah-h -- a miracle, a wonder! Dark work of en-
chantment."