for the many eyesall with trolls to go along with them , now that our eyes had begun to accept what they sawwere forming a line , and at a word from what i to this day think of as their leader , though he wasnt , they came , one by one : to shake our hands , which actually meant that we shook one of their fingers , and more importantly , especially for the she-trolls ( females seems an inappropriate word ) , to touch harriets face .