then veigh treth had come rushing in , to assure him that hed been ceaselessly mediating to the spirits on his majestys behalf , and claiming that perhaps losing all that blood was a good thing for it might be bad blood , like the one sucked by leeches or let out by a healers blade but his manner was so obviously shaken and unconvincing , the king promised to pray and sent him away before he lost his temper and had the deceiving little bastard hung from the spire of the spirit home .