"'I,' said the voice, 'It is mine!'
"But no one could tell where the voice came from.
"At last the Chief Magician cried aloud, 'Who dares to mock the King?'
"Then said the voice, 'Oh great Magician, who owns the house, he who lives in it, or he who looks at it?'
"'He who lives in it,' answered the Magician.
"'Then it is my egg,' said Sturdy, as he broke away the shell and stepped out of the hole in the side of the egg.
"'Ah,' said the lady to herself, 'what beautiful eyes he has.' But Prince Clever smote his breast, and the people hurrahed for Prince Sturdy.