“Speak!” urged Florimel. “Has anything happened to her?”
“Alas!” wailed Mignonette. “She is gone!”
“Gone!” echoed Florimel, distracted. “Gone where?”
“We know not,” said Jassamine. “We have searched the palace over, and cannot find her.”
“Where is Dame Drusilda?” asked Florimel quickly.
“She is gone too,” said Mignonette.
“And Daffodil and Violet are missing,” added Jassamine.
“Our strange wedding-guests—where are they?”
“They have flown!” cried Mignonette and Jassamine together.
“Then it is they who have taken them,” said Florimel, as he ran toward the palace-steps. “Quick—a search! They cannot have gone far.”