`` no , not your promise , my lord , but another 's , the promise of a myth , made a thousand years ago to one whose bones have long since crumbled to dust . some man would be lucky to get her . `` you do n't have to be afraid , '' he whispered . he wanted to run , to flee the closing net . the boys are dead - ' 'do n't blame them . i dont mean to be mean , but youre not as fresh as when we first met . you need to leave right away . 