NowBullhaddonehiswailingforhiskinsman,andheseemedtowakeupasfromadream,andlookedabouttheringofmenandspake:“Hereisagreattodo,mymasters!
Whatwillyewithme?Haveyeheard,orisityourcustom,thatwhenamancomethonthedeadcorpseofhisbrother,hisownmother’sson,heturnethitoverwithhisfoot,asifitwerethecarcaseofadog,andsogoethonhisway?
ThisIask,thatalbeitIbebutawar-takenthrall,Ibesufferedtolaymybrotherinearthandheapahoweoverhiminthesemountains。”
TheyallmurmuredayeasaytothissaveRalph。Hehadbeensoberedbyhisfall,andwasstandingupnowbetwixtClementandthecaptain,whohadunboundhishands,nowthattheothershadcomeup;
hehunghishead,andwasashamedofhisfurybyseeming。