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What manner of man am I to-day other than the man I was yesterday ? ' FACE-OF-GOD went back through the wood by the way he had come , paying little heed to the things about him . For whatever he thought of strayed not one whit from the image of the Fair Woman of the Mountain-side . He went through the wood swiftlier than yesterday , and made no stay for noon or aught else , nor did he linger on the road when he was come into the Dale , either to speak to any or to note what they did . So he came to the House of the Face about dusk , and found no man within the hall either carle or queen . So he cried out on the folk , and there came in a damsel of the house , whom he greeted kindly and she him again . He bade her bring the washing-water , and she did so and washed his feet and his hands .