An old verse from one of Roberts' poems came into her head:

But he could only think of ' one old verse that might do.

Tomorrow, she'll silently recite an old verse over the girl's unclaimed body.

Every so often, she would glance toward a page, nailing down an old verse or a new one.

It may be by Ms. Oram or simply an old verse new to me.

All we have is the last line of an old verse, that you three heard, once upon a time, when first we deciphered it.

These old verses are rarely sung by the Faroese today.

These old verses and the air of the Marechal made all the guests laugh, except three persons.

Or so the encoded records of the oldest verses say.

But the text has the same old verses as before.