PAGEAnd through it, in trailing velvet, came a ladyFrontispieceThere was a good deal of whispered talk and mystery15‘You sit next him, Charles’19‘They burned her for a witch’31‘How beautifully everything grows here’43Of course they all liked to try55A hand was raised65‘Just remember we’re yours to the death’81‘Ibelieved you—without that,’ said Charlotte93They were the footprints, beyond any doubt, of a boy111‘Fetches him a bite of something’127‘If I whistle, you lay low’141Showed her a green parrot sitting on a nest155He screwed up his nose165‘It’s a Nihilist bomb, come away!’187Rupert rolled into bed205He looked over his head as though Rupert had not been there229‘I can’t attend to you. Go away!’237Found the broken paling and slipped through261Rupert was bundled into the body of the car277Something four-footed, spotted, furry, creeping along the passage299‘It’s me; it’s Rupert,’ he shouted313Charles had his first swimming lesson321Nothing much happened except smoke349Charlotte found a thin black-coated shoulder a very good place to cry on365‘Take your last look,’ he said379