But a time has come when it is necessary to review our past life, and to prepare for that which is to come." "Ah, sire, you pain me.

You are not yet in the prime of your years, and you speak as though old age were upon you.

In a score of years from now it may be time for folk to say that age has made a change in your life." The king winced.

"Who says so ?" he cried angrily.
"Oh, sire, it slipped from me unawares.

Think no more of it.