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The ferryman spake: "Three good dwellings, methinks, thou hast not; Barefoot thou standest,  and wearest a beggar's dress; Not even hose dost thou have."

Thor spake: "Steer thou hither the boat; the landing here shall I show thee; But whose the craft  that thou keepest on the shore?"

The ferryman spake: "Hildolf is he who bade me have it, A hero wise;  his home is at Rathsey's sound. He bade me no robbers to steer,  nor stealers of steeds, But worthy men,  and those whom well do I know. Say now thy name,  if over the sound thou wilt fare."

Thor spake: "My name indeed shall I tell, though in danger I am,