'behold then , ' said ailios , 'in great grief gazed the king upon urin as he left the hall , and he was weary for the evil of melko that thus deceived all hearts ; yet tells the tale that so potent were the spells that mim the fatherless had woven about that hoard that , even as it lay upon the floor of the king 's halls shining strangely in the light of the torches that burnt there , already were all who looked upon it touched by its subtle evil .