he told her all that had happened to him, and of the great part her keepsake had played in the success of his previous undertaking, and thanked her very heartily. when she heard that he was starting out once again to do battle with his father's enemies, she went into the temple, and reappeared bearing a sword and a beautiful bag which she had made herself, and which was full of flints, which in those times people used instead of matches for making fire. these she presented to him as a parting gift.