Chapter II: Prologue: The Wine-Seller's Wife 253

I. THE PRINCE 263

FABLES

I. THE PERSONS OF THE TALE 269

II. THE SINKING SHIP 272

III. THE TWO MATCHES 274

IV. THE SICK MAN AND THE FIREMAN 275

V. THE DEVIL AND THE INNKEEPER 276

VI. THE PENITENT 277

VII. THE YELLOW PAINT 277

VIII. THE HOUSE OF ELD 280

IX. THE FOUR REFORMERS 286

X. THE MAN AND HIS FRIEND 287

XI. THE READER 287

XII. THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELLER 288

XIII. THE DISTINGUISHED STRANGER 289

XIV. THE CART-HORSES AND THE SADDLE-HORSE 290

XV. THE TADPOLE AND THE FROG 291

XVI. SOMETHING IN IT 291

XVII. FAITH, HALF-FAITH, AND NO FAITH AT ALL 295

XVIII. THE TOUCHSTONE 297

XIX. THE POOR THING 304

XX. THE SONG OF THE MORROW 310

THE STORY OF A LIE

THE STORY OF A LIE