“Oh! I should like to see the Wallypug,” said Girlie eagerly. “And I have an important question to ask, too,” she thought, remembering the Goo. “May any one go?” she asked aloud.
“THE SEALS ... WENT BACK TO THEIR WASHTUBS.”
“Yes,” said the Seal. “Only you must make haste or you will be too late. You can go through the garden, if you like,” he suggested, opening the door for her, and pointing to a green gate at the end of the path.
Girlie thanked him and, hastily bidding them all good-bye, ran down the pathway and opened the gate.
CHAPTER IV
GIRLIE SEES THE WALLYPUG.
“LATE again!” called out the Hall Porter when Girlie hurried up the broad stone steps leading to a great building opposite to the little green gate.
“How can I be late again,” asked Girlie angrily, “when I’ve never been here at all before?”