“All this is my Kingdom,” he said, waving both his arms about over the Weald. “I am King of all this, I have a great army.”
“Not over this part,” said Peter modestly but firmly.
“You be King up to here,” said young Winterbaum. “You have an army too.”
“I want a kingdom too,” said Joan.
Young Winterbaum proposed a fair division of Peter’s kingdom between Joan and Peter.
Peter let Joan have what young Winterbaum gave her. It took some moments to grasp this new situation. “My kingdom,” he said suddenly, “goes right over to those ponds there and up to the church.”
“You can’t,” said young Winterbaum. “I’ve claimed that.”
Peter grunted. It did not seem worth while to have a kingdom unless those ponds were included.
“But if you like I’ll give your people permission to go over all that country whenever they like.”
Peter still felt there was a catch in it somewhere.