"Oh, then, I must be going, child!" said Meet-on-the-Road.
"So fare you well, so fare you well," said Child-as-It-Stood.
And here, for titbits and bonnes bouches, are Seven Ancient Riddles from Popular Rhymes—in case:
i.
The fiddler and his wife,
The piper and his mother,
Ate three half-cakes, three whole cakes,
And three quarters of another.
ii.
A house full, a yard full,