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