“What are you going to do?” asked Annie.
“I am going to take the money out of this pocket handkerchief,” said Rodolphus.
So saying he untied the knot, and when he had got the money out he put the money itself in one [pg 438] pocket and the handkerchief in the other, and then walked along again.
When Rodolphus reached the bridge he turned to go over it. Annie was at first afraid to go over it. She wanted to go some other way.
“There is no other way,” said Rodolphus.
“Where is it that you are going to get the rabbit?” asked Annie.
“To Beechnut's,” said Rodolphus.
“Beechnut's,” repeated Annie, “that's a funny name.”
“Why, his real name is Antonio,” said Rodolphus. “But, come, walk along; there is no danger in going over the bridge.”
Notwithstanding her brother's assurances that there was no danger, Annie was very much afraid of the bridge. She however walked along, but she kept as near the middle of the roadway as she could. Sometimes she came to wide cracks in the floor of the bridge, through which she could see the water foaming and tumbling over the rocks far below. There was a sort of balustrade or railing each side of the bridge, but it was very open. Rodolphus went to this railing and putting his head between the bars of it, looked down.