The little girl looked up at them gratefully, and her eyes smiled through their tears.
“All right,” she said. “It’s raining again, so let’s go back into the cavern.”
Rather soberly, for all loved Polychrome and would miss her, they reëntered the dominions of the Nome King.
CHAPTER 24
Dorothy is Delighted
“WELL,” said Queen Ann, when all were again seated in Kaliko’s royal cavern, “I wonder what we shall do next. If I could find my way back to Oogaboo I’d take my army home at once, for I’m sick and tired of these dreadful hardships.”
“Don’t you want to conquer the world?” asked Betsy.