“Bomba does not surely know,” returned the lad. “But when Sobrinini saw Bomba she called him Bartow. And Jojasta of the Moving Mountain called him Bartow. They thought Bomba was Bartow or Bartow’s ghost. So if Bomba looked so much like Bartow, it may be that Bartow was Bomba’s father. And Sobrinini spoke of Laura. And Casson spoke of Laura. It is in Bomba’s heart that that may have been the name of his mother.”