20 THE BOY CRUSADERS,

Walter Espec, thoughttully; ‘methinks no seer less
potent than the Knight of Ercildoune, whom the
vulgar call “True Thomas,” could on such a point
do aught to satisfy your curiosity.’ |

‘Mayhap at Acre or Jerusalem,’ suggested Guy,
after a pause.

‘By Holy Katherine,’ exclaimed Walter, ‘ere you
named Acre and Jerusalem, my imagination had
carried me to the palace of the caliph at Bagdad.’