Premise: On either side just below the handle , where the Runic letters shivered as though they were alive , were two deep gouges in the dull , deadly steel .<br>` Now , what Thing made those ? '<br>said he . '<br>I know not , but you , perhaps , can say . '<br>` Tell them all the tale , Sir Richard , ' said Puck .<br>` It concerns their land somewhat . '<br>` Yes , from the very beginning , ' Una pleaded , for the knight 's good face and the smile on it more than ever reminded her of ` Sir Isumbras at the Ford ' .
Hypothesis: the runic letters are alive and well.