The Hidden Children by Robert William Chambers Chapter 6 Page 55

“That is not giving, O my brother.”

“Is it to give alone, Loskiel? Or is it to give — that she may render all?”

“Yes, honestly to give. Not to take.”

“And yet you know her not, Loskiel.”

“But I shall know her yet! She has so promised. If she is friendless, she shall be our friend. For you and I are one, O Sagamore! If she is cold, naked, or hungry, we will build for her a fire, and cover her, and give her meat. Our lodge shall be her lodge; our friends hers, her enemies ours. I know not how this all has come to me, Mayaro, my friend — even as I know not how your friendship came to me, or how now our honour is lodged forever in each other’s keeping. But it is true. Our blood has made us of one race and parentage.”