Thus Orion could not see her, and the dog's loud bark had prevented his hearing her coaxing call; so when Beki was quiet and stood still, Orion whistled to him.

The obedient and watchful beast, ran back, wagging his tail; and his master, greeting him as "a stupid old cat-hunter," let him spring over his arm, hugged the creature and then pushed him off again in play.

Then he closed the door and went into the apartments leading to the courtyard.
"But he must come back this way to go to his own rooms," said Paula to her companion with a sigh of relief.

"We must wait.

But now we must not lose a minute.