“I thought I would walk in the wood,” said the princess demurely.
“It certainly seems to have done you good. You’re looking brighter and fresher than you’ve looked since you’ve been down here.”
“The wood is real open air,” said the princess.
CHAPTER IX
AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
The Terror returned to Erebus and found her stretched at her ease, eating a peach.
“I should have liked one a good deal sooner,” he said, as he took one from the basket. “But I didn’t like to say anything about them. She mightn’t have understood.”
“It wouldn’t have mattered if she hadn’t,” said Erebus somewhat truculently.
She was feeling some slight resentment that their new acquaintance had so plainly preferred the Terror to her.
“She’s not a bad kid,” said the Terror thoughtfully.
“She’s awfully feeble. Why, you had to carry her up this bit of a bank. She’s not any use to us,” said Erebus in a tone of contempt. “In fact, if we were to have much to do with her, I expect we should find her a perfect nuisance.”