For litters argue women." "It seems, fool, that not even your wisdom shall avail us.

But you heard the friar say they were bound for Roccaleone ?" "Yes, I heard that.

And by means of it we shall probably learn the rest at the end of our journey." And being a man of extremely inquisitive mind, the fool set his inquiries on foot the moment they entered the gates of Urbino in the morning--for they had reached the city over-late to gain admittance that same night, and were forced to seek shelter in one of the houses by the river.

It was of the Captain of the Gate that he sought information.
"Can you tell me, Ser Capitan," he inquired, "what company was that that travelled yesternight to Roccaleone ?" The captain looked at him a moment.
"There was none that I know of," said he, "Certainly none from Urbino." "You keep a marvellous watch," said the fool drily.

"I tell you that a company of men-at-arms some twenty strong went last night from Urbino to Roccaleone." "To Roccaleone ?" echoed the captain, with a musing air, more attentively than before, as if the repetition of that name had suggested something to his mind.