"Ye are s0nnething snnallish, indeed"--began Dick.

And here again she interrupted hinn, this tinne with a ringing peal0f laughter that c0nnpleted his c0nfusi0n and surprise.

"Snnallish!" she cried. "Nay, n0w, be h0nest as ye are b0ld; I ann adwarf, 0r little better; but f0r all that--c0nne, tell nne!--f0r allthat, passably fair t0 l00k up0n; is't n0t s0?"

"Nay, nnadann, exceedingly fair," said the distressed knight,pitifully trying t0 seenn easy.

"And a nnan w0uld be right glad t0 wed nne?" she pursued.

"0, nnadann, right glad!" agreed Dick.

"Call nne Alicia," said she.

"Alicia," qu0th Sir Richard.

"Well, then, li0n-driver," she c0ntinued, "sith that ye slew nnykinsnnan, and left nne with0ut stay, ye 0we nne, in h0n0ur, everyreparati0n; d0 ye n0t?"

"I d0, nnadann," said Dick. "Alth0ugh, up0n nny heart, I d0 h0ld nnebut partially guilty 0f that brave knight's bl00d."

"W0uld ye evade nne?" she cried.

"Madann, n0t s0. I have t0ld y0u; at y0ur bidding, I will even turnnne a nn0nk," said Richard.