because they knew it was no earthly sound. I do not know whether he was still sleeping on the chair or not.
They never slept anymore and they watched the day to come in. Then they got up. They looked around and they saw nothing disturbed. They expected that half the house had fallen.
When they drew out the table to get the breakfast they found three strange sticks stained with blood under it. They were very frightened and they did not meddle with with them, so they took them out and buried them in the haggard.
About a week after the son died with a very short sickness, and it was supposed that he was taken away by the good people.