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"
Three
years
of
banishment
from
home
and
England
might
make
a
soldier
and
a
man
of
me
,
my
father
said
,
and
teach
me
some
degree
of
wisdom
.
I
fought
out
my
long
probation
in
the
continental
wars
,
tasting
sumptuously
of
hard
knocks
,
privation
,
and
adventure
;
but
in
my
last
battle
I
was
taken
captive
,
and
during
the
seven
years
that
have
waxed
and
waned
since
then
,
a
foreign
dungeon
hath
harboured
me
.
Through
wit
and
courage
I
won
to
the
free
air
at
last
,
and
fled
hither
straight
;
and
am
but
just
arrived
,
right
poor
in
purse
and
raiment
,
and
poorer
still
in
knowledge
of
what
these
dull
seven
years
have
wrought
at
Hendon
Hall
,
its
people
and
belongings
.
So
please
you
,
sir
,
my
meagre
tale
is
told
.
"
"
Thou
hast
been
shamefully
abused
!
"
said
the
little
King
,
with
a
flashing
eye
.
"
But
I
will
right
thee
--
by
the
cross
will
I
!
The
King
hath
said
it
.
"
Then
,
fired
by
the
story
of
Miles
's
wrongs
,
he
loosed
his
tongue
and
poured
the
history
of
his
own
recent
misfortunes
into
the
ears
of
his
astonished
listener
.
When
he
had
finished
,
Miles
said
to
himself
--
"
Lo
,
what
an
imagination
he
hath
!
Verily
,
this
is
no
common
mind
;
else
,
crazed
or
sane
,
it
could
not
weave
so
straight
and
gaudy
a
tale
as
this
out
of
the
airy
nothings
wherewith
it
hath
wrought
this
curious
romaunt
.
Poor
ruined
little
head
,
it
shall
not
lack
friend
or
shelter
whilst
I
bide
with
the
living
.
He
shall
never
leave
my
side
;
he
shall
be
my
pet
,
my
little
comrade
.
And
he
shall
be
cured
!
--
ay
,
made
whole
and
sound
--
then
will
he
make
himself
a
name
--
and
proud
shall
I
be
to
say
,
'
Yes
,
he
is
mine
--
I
took
him
,
a
homeless
little
ragamuffin
,
but
I
saw
what
was
in
him
,
and
I
said
his
name
would
be
heard
some
day
--
behold
him
,
observe
him
--
was
I
right
?
'
"
The
King
spoke
--
in
a
thoughtful
,
measured
voice
--
"
Thou
didst
save
me
injury
and
shame
,
perchance
my
life
,
and
so
my
crown
.
Such
service
demandeth
rich
reward
.
Name
thy
desire
,
and
so
it
be
within
the
compass
of
my
royal
power
,
it
is
thine
.
"
This
fantastic
suggestion
startled
Hendon
out
of
his
reverie
.
He
was
about
to
thank
the
King
and
put
the
matter
aside
with
saying
he
had
only
done
his
duty
and
desired
no
reward
,
but
a
wiser
thought
came
into
his
head
,
and
he
asked
leave
to
be
silent
a
few
moments
and
consider
the
gracious
offer
--
an
idea
which
the
King
gravely
approved
,
remarking
that
it
was
best
to
be
not
too
hasty
with
a
thing
of
such
great
import
.
Miles
reflected
during
some
moments
,
then
said
to
himself
,
"
Yes
,
that
is
the
thing
to
do
--
by
any
other
means
it
were
impossible
to
get
at
it
--
and
certes
,
this
hour
's
experience
has
taught
me
'
twould
be
most
wearing
and
inconvenient
to
continue
it
as
it
is
.
Yes
,
I
will
propose
it
;
'
twas
a
happy
accident
that
I
did
not
throw
the
chance
away
.
"
Then
he
dropped
upon
one
knee
and
said
--
