The stars in their courses appeared to be on our side.

For several nights to come the worst the moon could do would be to show a sliver of silver crescent for an hour or two.
Lady Waldon came earlier that night.

When we outlined our plan to her roughly she argued against it at first--and it was impossible far-fetched--ridiculous.

She insisted again on our simply sneaking away by night with her.

But Fred wasted no time on argument, and took the upper hand.
"Take us or leave us, Lady Waldon, as we are! We've an unwritten rule that none of us has ever thought of breaking, that binds us to obey the member of the party whose plan we have adopted.