wind, or faster.' 'What! hast thou got wings?'--'Oh, no.' 'How,
then, canst thou fly so fast?'--'That is no business of yours!'
'No,' said the Knight--'I should like exceedingly to see what form
thou hast.'--'That concerns you not,' replied Orthon; 'be satisfied
that you hear me.' 'I should love thee better had I seen thee,'
said the Knight,--whereupon Orthon promised that the first thing
he should see to-morrow, on quitting his bed, should be no other
than himself."

"Ha! then, I wager that he saw one of the black cats that played
round young Ashton's bed."

"Nay, the Knight's lady would not rise all day lest she should see
Orthon; but the Knight, leaping up in the morning, looked about,
but could see nothing unusual. At night, when Orthon came, he
reproached him for not having shown himself, as he had promised.
'I have,' replied Orthon. 'I say No,' said the Knight. 'What!
you saw nothing when you leapt out of bed?'--'Yes,' said the Lord
de Corasse, after having considered awhile, 'I saw two straws,
which were turning and playing together on the floor.' 'That was
myself,' said Orthon.

"The Knight now desired importunately that Orthon would show himself
in his own true shape. Orthon told him that it might lead to his
being forced to quit his service--but he persisted, and Orthon
promised to show himself when first the Knight should leave his
chamber in the morning. Therefore, as soon as he was dressed, the
Knight went to a window overlooking the court, and there he beheld
nothing but a large lean sow, so poor, that she seemed nothing but
skin and bone, with long hanging ears, all spotted, and a thin