stopped to listen.

"Yes," said I, "they're baffled, they've given it
up, they're on their way home. We will climb back
to our roost again, and let them go by."

So we climbed back. The king listened a moment
and said:

"They still search -- I wit the sign. We did best to
abide."

He was right. He knew more about hunting than I
did. The noise approached steadily, but not with a
rush. The king said: