Jacob and the Raven Ba had come to him, and it was rather humi- liating. But he never found out, for if Krawk could have told he would not say, though he sometimes came to talk to the children when there was no one by. He is older and wiser than ever, and so is Jacob, who is still learning while he has stopped grow- ing, and speaks of things to RĂ©schen which make them both very happy, if one may judge by their looks.