"That isn't my name," it said, "my name is—Fweddie."
The King went away, and took his children with him; and after they had gone the Queen heard the childish voice again from the bed.
"I want to see Aunt Amanda."
The Queen went to him, and stood beside the bed. He looked up at her.
"You aren't Aunt Amanda," he said. "I want to see Aunt Amanda."
"I think that was my name once," said the Queen. "Will you talk to me?"
He looked at her again, and she saw that he did not know her.
"My farver sent me," he said. "Mr. Toby has gone to the barber-shop, and my farver he wants a pound of Cage-Roach Mitchner."
"Mr. Toby is here in the palace now, and I'm sure he—"