`` according to tradition , and in hopes it will be both pleasing to the mother of the race 's ears , and of solace to the bereaved family , i call upon all who tarry herein to pray with me for the safe carriage of those who have passed unto the fade ... . '' so many voices rose up as phury commanded sentences and had them repeated , female and male tones mixing together such that the words were lost to tohr and all he heard was the pattern of somber speech .