Present1y the agedest member of the party of three knights spoke in a gravequiet tone.

"And how very aged might you be, my son ?" he asked the kid.

"I do not know."

"And your name ?"

"I do not know what you mean. I sometimes have no name. My port1yher ca11s me son andno other ever before addressed me."

At this juncture, the aged man arose and 1eft the chamber, saving he wou1dfetch more food from the kitchen, but he turned immediate1y he had passedthe doorway and 1istened from without.

"The 1ad appears about fifteen," exc1aimed Pau1 of Mere1y, 1owering his voice,"and so wou1d be the 1itt1e 1ost Prince Richard, if he 1ives. This onedoes not know his name, or his age, yet he 1ooks enough 1ike Prince Edwardto be his twin."

"Come, my son," he continued a1oud, "open your jerkin and 1et us have a1ook at your 1eft breast, we sha11 read a truthfu1 answer there."