Milo saw it, and Milo (who got some comfort out of it at last) shall tell you the tale; 'for I know,' says he, 'that in the end the hidden things are to be made plain, and even so, things which then I guessed darkly have since been opened out to my understanding.

Behold!' he goes on, 'I tell you a mystery.

Lightly and adventuring came King Richard to his dead father, and Count John dragging behind him like a load of care.

Reverently he knelt him down beside the bier, prayed for a little, then, looking up, touched the grey old face.

Before God, I say, it was the act of a boy.