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Her husband up and died on the place , one day , so I tried every way I could to get to her , for you know friends ought to show up when anyone 's in a pinch . '' `` It so happened that our master had gone to Capua to attend to some odds and ends of business and I seized the opportunity , and persuaded a guest of the house to accompany me as far as the fifth mile-stone . He was a soldier , and as brave as the very devil . We set out about cock-crow , the moon was shining as bright as midday , and came to where the tombstones are . My man stepped aside amongst them , but I sat down , singing , and commenced to count them up . When I looked around for my companion , he had stripped himself and piled his clothes by the side of the road . My heart was in my mouth , and I sat there while he pissed a ring around them and was suddenly turned into a wolf !