` Why , I do n't know my Nine Times -- not to say it dodging , and Dan makes the most awful mess of fractions . He ca n't mean us ! ' ` Una ! ' Dan called back . ` Sir Richard says he is going to tell what happened to Weland 's sword . He 's got it . Is n't it splendid ? ' ` Nay -- nay , ' said Sir Richard , dismounting as they reached the Ring , in the bend of the mill-stream bank . ` It is you that must tell me , for I hear the youngest child in our England today is as wise as our wisest clerk . ' He slipped the bit out of Swallow 's mouth , dropped the ruby-red reins over his head , and the wise horse moved off to graze . Sir Richard -LRB- they noticed he limped a little -RRB- unslung his great sword . ` That 's it , ' Dan whispered to Una . ` This is the sword that Brother Hugh had from Wayland-Smith , ' Sir Richard said . ` Once he gave it me , but I would not take it ; but at the last it became mine after such a fight as never christened man fought . See ! ' He half drew it from its sheath and turned it before them . On either side just below the handle , where the Runic letters shivered as though they were alive , were two deep gouges in the dull , deadly steel . ` Now , what Thing made those ? ' said he . ' I know not , but you , perhaps , can say . '
` Tell them all the tale , Sir XXXXX , ' said Puck .
Dan England Richard Runic Thing Times Una Wayland-Smith Weland gouges