and so are these , he said , and from his pocket he produced the seven stones and proferred them to huxor , who , again like a child , goggled his bruised eyes at the smooth obsidian discs and then , without asking , he snatched them away , scuttled to the centre of the island , and crouching down he placed the stones before him and after quickly rearranging them he turned and beamed at wixelor .