` I 'm sorry about the Leaves , ' he said , ` but it would never have done if you had gone home and told , would it ? ' ' I s ` pose not , ' Una answered . ` But you said that all the fair -- People of the Hills had left England . ' ` So they have ; but I told you that you should come and go and look and know , did n't I ? The knight is n't a fairy . He 's Sir Richard Dalyngridge , a very old friend of mine . He came over with William the Conqueror , and he wants to see you particularly . ' ` What for ? ' said Una . ` On account of your great wisdom and learning , ' Puck replied , without a twinkle . ` Us ? ' said Una . ` Why , I do n't know my Nine Times -- not to say it dodging , and Dan makes the most awful mess of fractions . He ca n't mean us ! ' ` Una ! ' Dan called back . ` Sir Richard says he is going to tell what happened to Weland 's sword . He 's got it . Is n't it splendid ? ' ` Nay -- nay , ' said Sir Richard , dismounting as they reached the Ring , in the bend of the mill-stream bank .
` It is you that must tell me , for I hear the youngest child in our XXXXX today is as wise as our wisest clerk . '
Conqueror Dalyngridge Dan England Hills Puck Richard Times Una Weland