This captain of the Lion knows his voice.

So, that is done with.

Now you ask of me something else--that I who am a doctor, the oldest of all the doctors and, it is thought--I know not--the wisest, should be able to answer.

You ask of me--How shall this war prosper, if it is made--and what shall chance to the King during and after the war, and lastly you ask of me a sign.

What I tell to you is true, is it not so ?" "It is true," answered the Council.
"Asking is easy," continued Zikali in a grumbling voice, "but answering is another matter.