"Well, I'm glad of it," said Jack. "The way they made him work for it seems to me to have entitled him to it."
"Papa," said Mollie, after a little thought on the matter, "was this King Arthur any relation to the man Jack-the-Giant-Killer was always sending giant's heads to."
"He was the very same man," replied her father. "Why?"
"I was only thinking," said Mollie, "that if it was the same man, Jack couldn't have tried to pull that sword out, because I'm pretty certain he could have done it."
"Perhaps," said her father, "but that could only have left the question as to the rightful King unsettled."
"I don't think so," cried Jack. "Because then they'd have had to have a match between Arthur and Jack. That would have settled it."
"And who do you think would have won in that event?" asked the Story-teller.
"Well," said Mollie, dubiously, "of course, I don't know, but I'd have stood for Jack."
"I'm with you, then," said the modern Jack. "A boy who could handle giants the way he did wouldn't have had much trouble with a fellow like Arthur."