'A hungry, tired man who would like to come aboard and rest awhile.'
'Aboard? This is not a boat.'
'What then?'
'A castle,—Castle Nowhere.'
'You reside here?'
'Of course; where else should I reside? Is it not a beautiful place?' said the girl, looking around with a little air of pride.
'I could tell better if I was up there.'
'Come, then.'
'How?'
'Do you not see the ladder?'