"You remember that?"
"Remember it? Oh, your Majesty! 'Bo boll——' Udo, dear, wouldn't you like to see the armoury?"
"No," said Udo.
"There are a lot of new things in it that I brought back from Barodia," said Merriwig hopefully.
"A lot of new things," explained Belvane.
"I'll see them later on," said Udo. "I dare say they'd look better in the evening."
"Then you shall show me, your Majesty," said Belvane. "Udo, dear, you can wait for me here."
The two of them moved off down the path together (Udo taken by surprise), and as soon as they were out of sight, tiptoed across the lawn to another garden seat, Belvane leading the way with her finger to her lips, and Merriwig following with an exaggerated caution which even Henry Smallnose would have thought overdone.
"He is a little slow, isn't he, that young man?" said the King, as they sat down together. "I mean he didn't seem to understand—"
"He's such a devoted lover, your Majesty. He can't bear to be out of my sight for a moment."