As soon as he saw me, he threw the door wide open, and standing aside,
invited me very cordially to enter. I did so; when he shut and bolted
the door most carefully, and then led the way inwards. He brought me
into a rude hall, which seemed to occupy almost the whole of the ground
floor of the little tower, and which I saw was now being used as a
workshop. A huge fire roared on the hearth, beside which was an anvil.
By the anvil stood, in similar undress, and in a waiting attitude,
hammer in hand, a second youth, tall as the former, but far more
slightly built. Reversing the usual course of perception in such
meetings, I thought them, at first sight, very unlike; and at the second
glance, knew that they were brothers. The former, and apparently the
elder, was muscular and dark, with curling hair, and large hazel eyes,
which sometimes grew wondrously soft. The second was slender and fair,
yet with a countenance like an eagle, and an eye which, though pale
blue, shone with an almost fierce expression. He stood erect, as if
looking from a lofty mountain crag, over a vast plain outstretched
below. As soon as we entered the hall, the elder turned to me, and I saw
that a glow of satisfaction shone on both their faces. To my surprise
and great pleasure, he addressed me thus:

"Brother, will you sit by the fire and rest, till we finish this part of
our work?"