On the way the people told him of what had happened, and how, when the gates were opened, the water ran out from the lake and made the river so shallow, that the first thing the Buccaneers knew, the
stranded high and dry on a gravelly sand bar, with no possible chance to escape capture.
“But,” interrupted one of the Toy people, “Buccaneers are clever ones when it comes to getting out of a tight place, and it did not take them long to climb over the side of their ship and run for the woods.”
“The four rogues had good legs for running, too,” said another of the Toy people.
“Had any harm come to Queen Helen?” asked the Miller of Dee.
“Oh no,” answered one of his companions. “You see the
