And Saul's uncle said
 l On hearing he had been with Samuel, and perceiving so great an alteration in Saul, perhaps he began to suspect something about the kingdom; it being what everyone was talking of, and expecting every day to hear from Samuel who should be king, according to the Lord's appointment: 
 tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you;
 the earnestness with which he put this question seems to confirm the above conjecture.