"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,