“Where?” he asked hoarsely.

They all pointed over their shoulders with their thumbs at the great door of the building.

“But what if I will not go?” he asked, in as cool and determined a voice as he could assume.

At this all the little Imps began to caper about in great glee, singing:—

Mortals rash

Who disobey,

Little Imps

Will bear away!

If they still

Refuse to go,