Chapter 5

The wolf-Pict stepped forward and began to speak to the chief, using Celtic, evidently for the prisoner's benefit. (Cororuc was surprized to hear so many speak his language, not reflecting upon its comparative simplicity, and the ability of the Picts.) "What is this?" asked the Pict who had played wolf. "A man is to be burned who should not be!" "How?" exclaimed the old man fiercely, clutching his long beard. "Who are you to go against a custom of age-old antiquity?" "I met a panther," answered the other, "and this…