` You have made me run away , ' said the prince . ` But it is not every day one meets with a man of your sort . I will take you into my service . ' So the three companions continued their journey , and when they were drawing near the rocks they met a man whose eyes were covered by a bandage . ` Your excellency , ' said Long , ` this is our third comrade . You will do well to take him into your service , and , I assure you , you will find him worth his salt . ' ` Who are you ? ' asked the prince . ` And why are your eyes bandaged ? You can never see your way ! ' ` It is just the contrary , my lord ! It is because I see only too well that I am forced to bandage my eyes . Even so I see as well as people who have no bandage . When I take it off my eyes pierce through everything . Everything I look at catches fire , or , if it can not catch fire , it falls into a thousand pieces . They call me Quickeye . ' And so saying he took off his bandage and turned towards the rock . As he fixed his eyes upon it a crack was heard , and in a few moments it was nothing but a heap of sand . In the sand something might be detected glittering brightly . Quickeye picked it up and brought it to the prince .
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