“Do you live in yonder house?” the man asked.
“No,” said the boy, “that is not my house. Whom are you seeking?”
“Does an old man live there?” asked the stranger. “An old man who used to live with a boy—his brother’s boy?”
“No, no,” answered Peter in much surprise.
“Do you know of any old man that lives all alone? They say that the boy has left him.”
“I have in mind such an old man, stranger.”
“What became of the boy?”
“He tends sheep during the days.”
“Can you direct me to the place where the old man lives?”
“What would you have of him?”