Maybe it was merely a nickname among his fellows." "Before I speak, lady," Walter said quietly, "I would fain know whether you wish to be assured of the truth.

Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.

Frankly, I did not tell all I know before the court, deeming that peradventure you might wish to see me, and that I could then tell the whole to your private ear, should you wish to know it, and you could then bid me either keep silence or proclaim all I knew when the trial of these evil-doers comes on." "You seem to me to be wise beyond your years, young sir," the lady said.
"The wisdom is not mine, lady, but my master's.

I took counsel with him, and acted as he advised me.
"I would fain know all," the lady said.

"I have already strange suspicions of one from whom assuredly I looked not for such evil designs.