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They'd never let me--never." cried
the Princess.
but you'd never ask them" said
the Terror. You'd Just slip away and
come with us. We've kept our know
ing you so dark that they'd never
dream you were with us In the Knoll
caves"
The Princess was charmed, even daz-
zled. by the glorious prospect. Al
ready she had come to feel that she
only really lived when she was with
the Twins: whole days with them
would be beyond the delight Of dreams.
But to her unadventured soul the diff
ficulties seemed beyond all surmount
ing. The Twins however were used to
surmounting difficulties: and at once
they began surmounting these.
'''rhe difficult thing is not to get you
there. but to keep you there" said the
Terror thoughtfully. You see. I've
got to go down there every day for
milk and things and they're sure to
ask me if I've seen anything Of you.
OF course l can't lie about it; and
they'll not only take you away, but
they'll probably turn us out Of the
caves"
That's the drawback" said Erebus.
A deep frOwn furrowed the Terror 5
brow; and he said: "If only you
wercn't'a princess. they wouldn't make
half such fuss hunting for you; and
l might never be asked anything about
YOU
81 shall come to the camp incognito
of course" said the Princess
The Terror looked puzzled for mo-
ment; then his face cleared into glo-
riOus smile; and he cried by Jove .
OF course YOU would. never thought
Of that. Why you'd be somebody else
and not the Princess at all. We
shouldn't know where the Princess was
II we were asked"
81 generally travel as the Baroness
Won Zwettel." said the Princess.
YES: ! suppose you would have to
have Il titlc-but not that one think
an English one would be best Lady
Rowington now--no one will ask us il
we know Lady Remington, because
they won't know there Is any Lady
ROwington."
They We're quick deciding that the
Princess should not join them till the
second night of their stay in camp. to
give them time to have everything in
order. Then they discussed her needs
She could not bring away with her any
clothes. She must share the wardrobe oil
Erebus. But the Princess interposed: why
should they not buy her things? She haf
plenty of money. She drew from her pocket
Il little chain purse with five sOver
egns in IT,
The Terror looked relieved: eve
should have had to buy you bathing
dress ANYHOW" he said. There's
pool just under the Knoll"
They decided to buy her outfit mex
morning and transport it to the cam
with their own. The question OF Wig
gins, who had always been n frequen
visitor to the camp, occupied them bu
a little while. He could be safely nd
mitted to the secret.
The next morning the Twins bOugh
the Princesss camping outfit ut Row
ington. In the afternoon they con
veyed clothes. blankets. aud provision
to Deeping Knoll. 1t was hard worl
; in that sweltering weather. for tn
path through the wood was marrow
and steep. 1t was the first year tina
they consented to take with them n
many blankets as Mrs. Dangerfiel,
thought needful. That night the
; supped and slept at the Knoll.
1t Is hardly too much to say that sh
had come to adore the Terror. Evel
at their most violent and thrillin
! moments his care for her never re
laxed He rubbed the ache out Of nc
} bruises; he plastered her scratches
, He saw to 1t that she came out Of tn