“Wherefore do you come hither?”
Gilbert said, “Wherefore do you come hither?” Humphrey said, “Wherefore
do you come hither?” And Christabel said, “Wherefore do you come
hither?”
The priest being amazed, he could not tell what to say, but whistled
and said “Whew!”
Gilbert whistled and said “Whew!” Humphrey whistled and said “Whew!”
and so did Christabel. The priest being angry, said—
“Go home, fools, go home!”
Then said Gilbert and Humphrey and Christabel the same.
The priest then himself provided for god–fathers and god–mothers.
Here a man may see that children can do nothing without good
instruction, and that they are not wise who regard them.