Judith was there.
The Imps were there.
And so was—the Duke.
A momentary silence followed the King's appearance on the verandah.
Then the Imps ran forward to greet him.
"We are all to have breakfast together, Uncle Alfred," Button announced.
"And we've been waiting for you—for ever so long," Bill complained.
The King caught them up, in turn, and shook them, in mid-air, as was his wont.
"We all like your friend very much," Bill whispered. "He's been here a long, long time—quite twenty minutes!"
"He came in a big car, bigger than Uncle's," Button supplemented.