Edmund chuckled, and retorted quickly:
"And round the rugged rock the ragged robber ran."
Then he dropped his brush, darted round a tree, and raced after Dreamikins, who fled away screaming.
She was soon caught.
"Now call me a rogue again!"
He had her by the wrists. Dreamikins looked up at him with one of her angelic smiles.
"Darling rogue, I do 'dore you!"
And Edmund was so taken aback that he let her go.
Half an hour after, a great bonfire of rubbish, sticks, and leaves was burning up. The children danced round it in great delight.
"I wish we could burn something nice. They used to burn witches, didn't they?" said Daffy.