PART III
ARGUMENT: EVERYCHILD VIEWS WITH AMAZEMENT
A FAMOUS DWELLING-PLACE, AND IS GRIEVED
BY THE PLIGHT OF AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCE.
CHAPTER XV
A STRANGE HOUSE IN THE FOREST
Together they traveled along the road the greater part of the day without mishap and without any experience worth recording.
As was her custom, the Masked Lady did not make her appearance among them as long as they were quite light-hearted, and Everychild went so far as to congratulate himself upon having seen the last of her.
Toward evening they came within sight of a path leading into the road on which they traveled, and on a stile which stood in the way of the path they observed a little boy who was plainly in trouble.
With much difficulty the little boy crawled up the stile, step by step; and when he got to the top step and paused a minute, he turned about, just as small children will do, and began climbing down the stile on the other side, moving feet foremost.
Now and again he looked over his shoulder to be sure that his feet had been safely placed before he put his weight on them; and when he did this you could see his face, showing two eyes very bright with excitement and fear.