We knew you were in because we heard you sneeze while we were waiting.' 'Not at all,' said the gentleman; 'do sit down.' 'He has found out there are four of us,' said Robert, as the gentleman cleared three more chairs.

He put the things off them carefully on the floor.

The first chair had things like bricks that tiny, tiny birds' feet have walked over when the bricks were soft, only the marks were in regular lines.

The second chair had round things on it like very large, fat, long, pale beads.

And the last chair had a pile of dusty papers on it.