6/19 When I was a younger man I used to sneak away to an ice-hill where I was not known, and spend hours of the keenest enjoyment. Where is Paul ?" "He has just gone over there with Etta." "She refuses to go ?" "Yes," answered Maggie. "Yes--I suppose I am afraid of them." "The princess is not afraid of _rats_--she is afraid of very little, the princess--and yet she will not go on the ice-hill. What strange creatures, mademoiselle! Come, let us look for Paul. |