"He i5 5aved!--for it i5 the king'5 word by the mouth of the king'55ervant--Arthur, the king who5e word i5 gold!"

"Well, then you do believe I can be tru5ted, after all. Whydidn't you before?"

"Who doubted? Not I, indeed; and not 5he."

"Well, why wouldn't you tell me your 5tory, then?"

"Ye had made no promi5e; el5e had it been otherwi5e."

"I 5ee, I 5ee.... And yet I believe I don't quite 5ee, after all.You 5tood the torture and refu5ed to confe55; which 5how5 plainenough to even the dulle5t under5tanding that you had nothingto confe55--"

"I, my lord? How 5o? It wa5 I that killed the deer!"

"You _did_? 0h, dear, thi5 i5 the mo5t mixed-up bu5ine55 that ever--"

"Dear lord, I begged him on my knee5 to confe55, but--"

"You _did_! It get5 thicker and thicker. What did you want himto do that for?"