"Are you going to tell your father what the people are saying?"
"No; why should I?"
"I think he ought to know," said Harry.
"I daresay he does know how people talk, but it does not trouble him. They are foolish people who do not know he is the best king we have ever had. Let them talk. There, I am going home now. You keep the football."
CHAPTER XI
THE NAGA'S BITE
Phra had not been gone long before Mr. Kenyon returned from his business down in the port, and in reply to his question, "Anything fresh happened, my boy?" Harry told him what he had heard, watching his father's face intently the while.
"Then you think it is very serious, father?" said Harry.
"Do I, Hal? What makes you say that?"
"You look anxious about it."