And the man made answer, "Your worship is not more ready to ask,
than I to accept, for I am weary of this burden." So he laid the
weight down by the road-side, and walked along behind the knight.
A little farther on they came to a long stretch where the road was
very straight, and by the side a man walked up and down twisting a
rope, to whom the knight cried out,--
"Halloa! fellow, what do you there? and who are you?"
And the man made answer, "I am Ropo, son of Ropon, the cunning
rope-maker, and I make ropes which none can break."