"'Then call upon him no more.'
"And the child went quietly into another room.
"And I told the Prince what thy old grandfather used to say to me.
"'The lad is soaring away from us; we must pray that God will guide him by His good Spirit.'
"When I told all this to the Prince, he said:
"'I will have this boy. He shall teach my children as he does the village ones. None can teach children as can such a child as this.'"
The little schoolmaster had been looking before him all the time the Chaplain had been speaking, as though in something of a maze. He evidently saw nothing to wonder at in the story of himself and old Stalher. It seemed to him commonplace and obvious enough.
"I shall send up a tailor from Joyeuse to-morrow," said the Chaplain; "a court tailor, such as thou never saw'st, nor thy father either. He must measure thee for a court-suit of black. Then we will go together, and I will present thee to the Prince."