"Oh, dear, no!" said the Admiral. "We got excused."
"Excused?" exclaimed Dorothy, very much surprised.
"Well, it was something like that," said Sir Walter, confusedly. "You see, Bob Scarlet didn't exactly like to come in here after us—"
"Unconquerabubble awersion to cages," explained the Admiral.
"And so he goes off after hooks to pull us out with," continued Sir Walter—
"And we inwents this way of going about, and comes away!" added the Admiral triumphantly.
"And where are you going now?" said Dorothy; for by this time they were running so fast that she could hardly keep up with them.
"BY THIS TIME THEY WERE RUNNING SO FAST THAT SHE COULD HARDLY KEEP UP WITH THEM."