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Ye know full well the spirit of the man That we must deal withall; therefore be bold.

Mistrust us not.

A goodly meeting at this hour convened. (A sullen pause.) Benlora; Thona; Allen of Glenore; And all of you, our first and bravest kinsmen; What mystery in this sullen silence is? Hangs any threaten'd evil o'er the clan?

Yes, chieftain; evil, that doth make the blood Within your grey-hair'd warriors' veins to burn, And their brogued feet to spurn the ground that bears them.