The King said, 'You are a fool.

Give me the parchment.' He pored over it, with dim eyes almost out of his keeping, searching for the names at the top.

So he found what he had dreaded--'John Count of Mortain.' Shaking fearfully, he began to point at the wall as if he saw the man before him.

'Jesu! Count by me, King by me, and Judas by me! Now, God, let me serve Thee as Thou deservest.

Thou hast taken away all my sons.