“I was found an infant in the wood of Avalon, on the 28th day of December, in the year 1525.”
Sir John started at this announcement, and looked earnestly at the speaker.
“At whose charge wast thou brought up?”
“That of the Abbot of Glastonbury.”
Sir John and the governor looked at each other as if this information corresponded with their expectations.
“Wast thou not sometimes called ‘Hodge?’”
“After the yeoman who found me, and became my foster father.”
“How didst thou pass under the care of Sir Walter Trevannion?—men of rank do not usually give the honour of their name to obscure striplings.”
“I was commended to him by my benefactor, the late Abbot.”