she said . `` Children you went away . Men and a woman you return ! '' Then she kissed Mother , and Mother wept . Thus our visit to the Waters settled our fates for each of us , Maiden . ' He rose to his feet and listened , leaning on the shield-rim . ' I think that 's Dan -- my brother , ' said Una . ` Yes ; and the Faun is with him , ' he replied , as Dan with Puck stumbled through the copse . ` We should have come sooner , ' Puck called , ` but the beauties of your native tongue , O Parnesius , have enthralled this young citizen . ' Parnesius looked bewildered , even when Una explained . ` Dan said the plural of `` dominus '' was `` dominoes '' , and when Miss Blake said it was n't he said he supposed it was `` backgammon '' , and so he had to write it out twice -- for cheek , you know . ' Dan had climbed into Volaterrae , hot and panting . ` I 've run nearly all the way , ' he gasped , ` and then Puck met me . How do you do , Sir ? ' ' I am in good health , ' Parnesius answered . ` See ! I have tried to bend the bow of Ulysses , but -- ' He held up his thumb . ` I 'm sorry . You must have pulled off too soon , ' said Dan . ` But Puck said you were telling Una a story . '
` Continue , O Parnesius , ' said XXXXX , who had perched himself on a dead branch above them . '
Blake Faun Parnesius Puck Ulysses Una backgammon copse plural shield-rim