but some laughed , saying she was deceived by the babblings of a dying man , and the most said that she was distraught with grief , and that it would be a fool 's counsel to seek beyond the hills a man who had been lost for years agone : `` nor , '' said they , `` will we lend man or horse to such a quest , for all our love for thee , 0 mavwin wife of urin . ''