"The Eterædarium took his turn."
“The Little Panjandrum’s State Balloon!” gasped the Dodo, in a terrible fright. “Oh, my dear friends, hide me somewhere! If he finds me I’m done for! I’ve—got—his gloves on—oh! How could I have been so foolish as to have taken them—it’s all my pride—and now I shall have to suffer for it—oh!—oh!” And the Dodo, quite overcome with fear and anxiety, fell upon his knees and sobbed violently.
Meanwhile the state balloon belonging to His Importance the Little Panjandrum rapidly drew near.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE DUFF AND DEM EXECUTIONER.
“Can you see who’s in it?” asked the Dodo, anxiously, when the balloon had drawn a little nearer.
“Two gentlemen,” declared Marjorie, whose eyesight was very keen. “And one is carrying such a funny stick, with a big hand at the top of it.”