The
shrubbery and paddock yielded a like result, and having interrogated
Peter in the harness-room, he informed us that "Miss Helezabeth
was hout along with Miss Dorothy." At last, after more than an hour
of this sort of thing, even the Imp grew discouraged and suggested
"turning pirates."
Our wanderings had led by devious paths, and now, as luck would have
it, we found ourselves beneath "the blasted oak."
We sat down very solemnly side by side, and for a long time there was
silence.
"It's fine to make 'tyrants tremble,' isn't it Uncle Dick?" said the
Imp at last.
"Assuredly." I nodded.
"But I should have liked to kiss Auntie Lisbeth good-bye first, an'
Dorothy, an' Louise - "
"What do you mean, my Imp?"
"Oh, you know, Uncle Dick! "My roof henceforth shall be the broad
expanse.' I'm going to fight giants an' - an' all sorts of cads,
you know. An' then, if ever I get to Persia an' do find the
wonderful lamp, I can wish everything all right again, an' we
should all be 'happy ever after' - you an' Auntie Lisbeth an'
Dorothy an' me; an' we could live in a palace with slaves.
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