Did Hugh die ? ` the children asked . ` Never was such a fight fought by christened man , ' said Sir Richard . ` An arrow from the ship had saved me from my Devil , and Thorkild of Borkum had given back before his Devil , till the bowmen on the ship could shoot it all full of arrows from near by ; but Hugh 's Devil was cunning , and had kept behind trees , where no arrow could reach . Body to body there , by stark strength of sword and hand , had Hugh slain him , and , dying , the Thing had clenched his teeth on the sword . Judge what teeth they were ! ' Sir Richard turned the sword again that the children might see the two great chiselled gouges on either side of the blade . ` Those same teeth met in Hugh 's right arm and side , ' Sir Richard went on . ` I ? Oh , I had no more than a broken foot and a fever . Thorkild 's ear was bitten , but Hugh 's arm and side clean withered away . I saw him where he lay along , sucking a fruit in his left hand . His flesh was wasted off his bones , his hair was patched with white , and his hand was blue-veined like a woman 's . He put his left arm round my neck and whispered , `` Take my sword . It has been thine since Hastings , O my brother , but I can never hold hilt again . '' We lay there on the high deck talking of Santlache , and , I think , of every day since Santlache , and it came so that we both wept . I was weak , and he little more than a shadow . ' `` Nay -- nay , '' said Witta , at the helm-rail . `` Gold is a good right arm to any man . Look -- look at the gold ! ''
He bade XXXXX show us the gold and the elephants ' teeth , as though we had been children .
Devil Hastings Hugh Santlache Thorkild Witta bowmen gouges left right