They parted then; and the giant went back to his place where the children lay asleep.
PART II
ARGUMENT: EVERYCHILD PITIES THE SORROWS OF
CINDERELLA AND REJOICES IN HER RELEASE
FROM BONDAGE; HE ENCOUNTERS A DOG THAT
LOOKS UPON HIM WITH FAVOR.
CHAPTER VIII
A PURSUIT IN THE DARK
Everychild thought perhaps he had been asleep a long time when he was awakened by the sound of a clock in a distant tower striking the hour of 1. He became quite wide awake.
He looked to his right and to his left. Hansel and Grettel were on one side of him, sleeping deeply. Hansel was even snoring. The giant, on his other side, lay motionless.
He looked to see if the Masked Lady had remained near him, but she was nowhere to be seen. Mr. Literal also had disappeared.
Then he sat up suddenly, his heart thumping loudly. There was the sound of hurrying feet on the road nearby. And there was something about the sound … you could tell that it was some one who was lost, or in trouble. Presently there was a sound of weeping too.