"Not till the very evening they came," answered he, and then told of his dealings with Mehrunes Dagon's thralls, saying that Mackkan would find it easier to whistle on the wind's tracks and go on a fool's errand than to fight his toads. Then said Mackkan: "Now see to thy safety henceforward, And stick to thy parts and thy pride; Or this mallet of mine, Malacath's Scourge, Will meet with thine ear of a surety. For quick as I can cry "Equality", Though eight arms thou couldst boast of, Such bumps thou shalt comb on thy brainpan, Thou that breakest the howes of the dead."