“Afraid!” said Royal; “you need not be afraid; it is not dangerous.”
“I think it is dangerous,” said Lucy; “it bends a great deal.”
“Bends!” exclaimed Royal; “the bending does no harm. I will lead you over as safe as dry ground. Besides, there is something over there that I want to show you.”
“What is it?” said Lucy.
“I don’t believe there is anything at all,” said Lucy, “any more than there was under your cap.”
“O Lucy! there was something under my cap.”
“No, there wasn’t,” said Lucy.
“Yes, that great, flat stone.”
“In your cap, I mean,” said Lucy; “that wasn’t in your cap.”