"No," said Jack, "I cannot be at ease till I find out this monster's
dwelling."

The Knight, hearing this, grew sad, and replied, "Noble stranger, it
is too much to run a second hazard. This monster lived in a den under
yonder mountain, with a brother of his, more fierce and cruel than
himself: therefore, if you should go thither and perish in the attempt
to overthrow this wicked brother, it would be heart-breaking to me and
my lady; so let me persuade you to go with us, and desist from any
farther pursuit."

"Nay," said Jack, "even if there were twenty, I would shed the last
drop of my blood before one of them should escape me. When I have done
this task, I will return and visit you."

Jack had not rode a mile and a half before he came in sight of the
mouth of the cavern; and nigh the entrance of it he beheld the other
Giant sitting on a huge rock, with a knotted iron club in his hand,
waiting for his brother. His eyes flashed like flames of fire, his
face was grim, and his cheeks seemed like two flitches of bacon; the
bristles of his beard were as thick rods of iron wire; and his locks
of hair hung down like curling snakes. Jack alighted from his horse,
and turned him into a thicket; then he put on his invisible coat, and
drew a little nearer, to behold this figure; and said softly, "O
monster, are you there! it will not be long before I shall take you
fast by the beard."

[Illustration: The Giant's Brother awaiteth his return]

The Giant, all this while, could not see him, by reason of his