He keeps us guessing every minute, and that makes the life here interesting.

Things were getting a bit slow an hour ago, but now that you are here, I'm in hopes we will all be kept busy and amused for some time." "Are there many others in the castle besides you and Zog ?" asked Aquareine.
"Dozens of us.

Perhaps hundreds.

I've never counted them," said the boy.

"But Zog is the only master; all the rest of us are in the same class, so there is no jealousy among the slaves." "What is Zog like ?" Cap'n Bill questioned.
At this the boy laughed, and the laugh was full of mischief.