1044 “Go up,” quod he unto his knave, 1045 “anon; Clepe 1046 at his door, or knockë with a stone: Look how it is, and tell me boldëly.” This knavë went him up full sturdily, And, at the chamber door while that he stood, He cried and knocked as that he were wood: 1047 “What how? what do ye, Master Nicholay? How may ye sleepen all the longë day?” But all for nought, he heardë not a word. An hole he found full low upon the board, There as 1048 the cat was wont in for to creep, And at that hole he looked in full deep, And at the last he had of him a sight. This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked 1049