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Chapter 38
“No-o.” Robin blushed. “I have a - hm - apron with me. Just so I did not get lost, you understand.”
Jacob, who heard her words, came forward behind the spruce and lifted his hand to greeting.
“Hello, you old daddy longlegs,” said Greenwood. “So you have been Robin's company now?”
“Noo, I just wanted to move my old legs. Saunter little. Take a walk, you could say.” Jacob looked uncomfortable.
“Then I think you shall saunter back to the meeting place and tell the others that Robin and I will go and find Iarwain* in the creek.”
Jacob drew his forehead together. “Is that so very wise?” he said.
“It is our only chance to find the giant,” Greenwood said. “And I think we haven’t anything to fear from Iarwain. We have some in common strain, him and me.” He smiled his mischievous smile.
“I have to trust you on your word, but God help you if something happen,” Jacob said. He waved at them and went reluctantly away.
“Come, Robin,” Greenwood said.
They started to go deeper into the forest, undisturbed of everything than the bird song and the winds voice in the trees. No Hrávemat dared to get out in the sunshine, which fell on the red pine trunks and gave halos to thistles fluff. The man in the moon rock slept deep in the shadow with his gruesome eyes shut. All Madrhaw* and Tôgneitha* shrink back from the daylight. No Thind mân was seen, but they took a long detour past Lô na dûr.
“Who is Iarwain we are on our way to?” asked Robin.
“You are a very inquisitive little girl, aren’t you?” said Greenwood.
“You have to be that, or you never learn anything. Is it an old man?”
“That I will not say,” said Greenwood. “He has four legs and eyes as silver bullets. And if you not have understood who he is, then you are very dumb.”
Robin kept silent and looked annoyed.
Greenwood sang a quick, low toned melody and his leather clad feet danced over the moss. He didn’t seem to care that Robin sulked.
After a time Robin said: “Why do you tease all the time? It actually makes me sad when you do that.”
Greenwood took a little jump and said: “Why I tease you depends on that you are important for me. That you get sad when I do it is because I am important for you. We are very important, we two you see. There is all reason for us to like us.” He laughed and took her hand.
Robin felt warmth emerge from him. After consider what he said that they were important for each other was probably right. If he thought her important she would dare to ask about him. She did want to learn more regarding him, to hear of things that Galadriel told her concerning him.
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Iarwain = oldest - The Old one [den gamle I bäcken]
Madrhaw - consumer
Tôgneitha - misleading