` If you can find anything here , you are welcome to it , ' answered she , and , indeed , there was not much left , as everybody 's spoon had dipped in . But Peronnik ate what was there with a hearty appetite , and thought that he had never tasted better food . ` It is made of the finest flour and mixed with the richest milk and stirred by the best cook in all the countryside , ' and though he said it to himself , the woman heard him . ` Poor innocent , ' she murmured , ` he does not know what he is saying , but I will cut him a slice of that new wheaten loaf , ' and so she did , and Peronnik ate up every crumb , and declared that nobody less than the bishop 's baker could have baked it . This flattered the farmer 's wife so much that she gave him some butter to spread on it , and Peronnik was still eating it on the doorstep when an armed knight rode up . ` Can you tell me the way to the castle of Kerglas ? ' asked he . ` To Kerglas ? are you really going to Kerglas ? ' cried the woman , turning pale . ` Yes ; and in order to get there I have come from a country so far off that it has taken me three months ' hard riding to travel as far as this . ' ` And why do you want to go to Kerglas ? ' said she . ' I am seeking the basin of gold and the lance of diamonds which are in the castle , ' he answered . Then Peronnik looked up . ` The basin and the lance are very costly things , ' he said suddenly . ` More costly and precious than all the crowns in the world , ' replied the stranger , ` for not only will the basin furnish you with the best food that you can dream of , but if you drink of it , it will cure you of any illness however dangerous , and will even bring the dead back to life , if it touches their mouths . As to the diamond lance , that will cut through any stone or metal . ' ` And to whom do these wonders belong ? ' asked Peronnik in amazement .
` To a magician named Rogear who lives XXXXX the castle , ' answered the woman .
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