but a detail of the old story survived : turambar 's words to niniel 'nor thou nor i die this day , nor yet tomorrow , by the evil of the dragon or by the foemen 's swords ' are closely paralleled by his words to her in the narn ( p. 129 ) : 'neither you nor i shall be slain by this dragon , nor by any foe of the north ' , and in the one account niniel 'quelled her weeping and was very still ' , while in the other she 'ceased to weep and fell silent ' .