Then both Ogres advanced upon Nurse, brandishing their clubs.
“We went miles out of our way!” they roared. “Where’s he gone to now?”
Nurse looked them over calmly from head to toe.
“Take your caps off this moment,” she said severely. “I think you forget who you’re speaking to!”
They looked rather cowed for the moment, and took their caps off sheepishly without saying a word, though the Dragon’s chuckle was enough to infuriate anybody. (The Ogre with the three heads had of course to take off three caps.)
“That’s better!” said Nurse. “Now, what do you want?”
“The Giant, of course,” growled the Ogre with one eye. “Fe-Fo-Fum! Fe-Fo-Fum!” and he trampled up and down restlessly.
It was more than Peggy could stand.
“Oh, do go on with the verse!” she called out imploringly, leaning forward right out of the tree. “You’ve said that line over and over again, and it’s not nearly all! You must remember how it goes on:
‘Fe-Fo-Fum!