"Did I not warn you that you would be fleeced and rooked if you tried that sort of thing on ?" Tom laughed a little, and said he knew beforehand he should lose, as though that were an excuse.

But Cale only shook his head; and Rosamund asked eagerly: "But who is this great Lord Claud, fair sir?
He seems a wonderful person, and fain would I see him with mine own eyes.

He seems a kind and generous man, and wondrous clever and beautiful.

Pray tell me who he is ?" Tom looked across at Cale, and made answer: "I' sooth, Mistress Rosamund, I know not.

Perchance your father may be better instructed." Cale shook his head.