ILLUSTRATIONS.

[MAURICE, HIS ARM GRIPPED BY ONE OF THE BRIGANDS, ... TRUDGED SILENTLY BESIDE HER HORSE.]

[“THIS IS WHAT WILL INTEREST YOU MOST, I EXPECT,” SAID MAURICE, ... UNROLLING A LONG PARCHMENT SCROLL AS HE SPOKE.]

[“TAKE YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF HER, YOU BRUTE!” GROWLED MAURICE.]

[“WELL, I SHALL SIT OUTSIDE AS LONG AS I CAN,” SAID EIRENE OBSTINATELY.]

[“WHY, THERE IS A LITTLE HOUSE AT THE VERY TOP! HOW DO THEY GET UP?”]

[TOUCHED EIRENE’S HAND WITH A HIGHLY WAXED MOUSTACHE.]

[“I CAN’T BEAR YOU TO GO.” “BUT I MUST,” SHE MURMURED.]