"you are very kind to take so much interest in my son." replied the mother; "but he is as you see, wild and uneducated, and i fear it would be very difficult to do as you say. because of his great strength as an infant i hid him away in this unknown part of the country, for he hurt every one that came near him. i have often wished that i could, one day, see my boy a knight wearing two swords, but as we have no influential friend to introduce us at the capital, i fear my hope will never come true."