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THE TERRIBLE TWINS

noons she spent with the Twins in the wood; whole days with them would be beyond the delight of dreams. But to her unadventured soul the difficul-
ties seemed beyond all surmounting. The Twins, however, were used to surmounting difficulties, and at once they began surmounting these.

"The 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 every day for milk and things, and they're sure to ask me if I've seen anything of you. Of course, I can't lie about it; and then they'll not only take you away, but they'll probably turn us out of the caves."

"That's the drawback," said Erebus.

The Twins gazed round the wood seeking en-
lightenment. A deep frown furrowed the Ter-
ror's brow; and he said: "If only you weren't a princess they wouldn't make half such a fuss hunting for you, and I might never be asked any-
thing about you."

"I should have to come to the camp incognita, of course," said the princess.

The Terror looked puzzled for a moment; then his face cleared into a glorious smile, and he cried:

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