“Well， I like that！ You told me.”
“For heaven’s sake dry up and let‘s hear what they’resaying.”
The King was speaking to the Dwarf， but Jill couldn‘t hear what he said. And， as far as she could make out， the Dwarf made no answer， though he nodded and wagged his head a great deal. Then the King raised his voice and addressed the whole court： but his voice was so old and cracked that she could understand very little of his speech.especially since it was all about people and places she had never heard of.