He went out at the other door!
PART V
ARGUMENT: ON HIS WANDERINGS EVERYCHILD
BETHINKS HIM OF HIS PARENTS, AND DISCOVERS
THAT THOUGH HE HAS SEEMED TO LOSE
THEM, HE HAS NOT REALLY DONE SO.
CHAPTER XXV
WILL O'DREAMS REPORTS A DISCOVERY
We have seen how time passed in the castle where Everychild and his companions had come to dwell. Now let us see what followed.
On a beautiful summer day Everychild and the Sleeping Beauty sat in the great room of the golden furniture and the fire place and the alcove. They occupied two little golden chairs near the middle of the room. They were rocking placidly and saying nothing to each other. Now they rocked backward and forward together, and again they rocked quite contrariwise.
And what have we here? Close to the Sleeping Beauty there was a tiny cradle, all of gold. And in it—well, you could see tresses of wonderful golden hair, and the most marvelous blue eyes which would open and shut, and a complexion which was simply perfect. Just now the eyes were closed.
At a little distance from them there was a spectacle most beautiful to behold. This was afforded by the Masked Lady and the task in which she was engaged. She stood near an immense open window, beside the most beautiful dove-cote ever seen. It was silver and green, topping a pillar of gold. It had several compartments, all containing pure white doves. These were engaged in bringing or carrying messages. At intervals doves entered the open window and perched on the Masked Lady's arms. These were placed in the cote and others were removed from the cote and carried to the window, from which they flew away and disappeared.