dear
!" said Margaret, to herself; "I do wish I'd gone to
bed directly after dinner!"
Above them the Eagle brooded.
"Surely," he breathed, "you must know what I have so long wanted to
tell you--"
"No," said Margaret, "and I don't want to know, please. You make me
awfully tired, and I don't care for you in the
least
. Now, you let