I seemed to see swarthy, dark faces, big, sleek cats dropping from limbs, and Paddy Ryan's matted gray hair, the flying rags of the old blue coat, and a snake in his hands.

Laddie was slipping the letter into my apron pocket.

My knees threatened to let me down.
"Must I lift the leaves and hunt for her, or will she come to me ?" I wavered.
"That's the biggest secret of all," said Laddie.

"Since the Princess entered them, our woods are Enchanted, and there is no telling what wonderful things may happen any minute.

One of them is this: whenever the Princess comes there, she grows in size until she is as big as, say our Sally, and she fills all the place with glory, until you are so blinded you scarcely can see her face." "What is she like, Laddie ?" I questioned, so filled with awe and interest, that fear was forgotten.
"She is taller than Sally," said Laddie.