And presently, she kist me, and was herself again; and she went
from me to attend unto our food.
Now, that did be truly a lovely day; for I to have gat
sufficient of strength that I did be able to have interest, and
talk with Mine Own Maid; and she now to be well rest, and to have
ease in her dear heart concerning me.
And surely we oft to laugh, and did make jests utter glad and
foolish. And indeed, I do mind how that I askt Mine Own an olden
puzzle, that did come out of the vagueness of my Memory-dreams. And
she to be like a person that doth hear a strange familiar thing;
and lo! sudden she to say, as that she gat knowledge from beyond
Eternity, that it did be when that he was a little hoarse. And you
to know the jest, and to have troubled it oft at school; but, in
verity, it
