They ran to the ladder and scrambled up.
"Careful! We mustn't let them see us," Hortense warned.
Cautiously they peeped over the window ledge. Below them on the roof, Jeremiah and Grater were dancing outrageously. The Cat pranced on his hind legs, and Grater leaped and spun like a top, so that his sides glittered in the moonlight.
Grater danced outrageously, leaping and spinning in the moonlight.
"He's wearing armor," said Malay Kris. "H'm, he won't be so easy as I thought. However, I'll have a try."
Hortense laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Not now," she said. "Let's wait."
Grater began to sing in a harsh voice. As Hortense listened to the words, she hastily put her hand to her throat to make sure that the little monkey charm was safe, for it was certain the words referred to it.
I'll have the charm