She continued eating, but smiled in a curious way as she looked at them.

Woot noticed that the door had closed silently after they had entered, and that didn't please him at all.
"Well," said the Giantess, "what excuse have you to offer ?" "We didn't know anyone lived here, Madam," explained the Scarecrow; "so, being travelers and strangers in these parts, and wishing to find a place for our boy friend to sleep, we ventured to enter your castle." "You knew it was private property, I suppose ?" said she, buttering another biscuit.
"We saw the words, 'Yoop Castle,' over the door, but we knew that Mr.
Yoop is a prisoner in a cage in a far-off part of the land of Oz, so we decided there was no one now at home and that we might use the castle for the night." "I see," remarked the Giantess, nodding her head and smiling again in that curious way--a way that made Woot shudder.

"You didn't know that Mr.Yoop was married, or that after he was cruelly captured his wife still lived in his castle and ran it to suit herself." "Who captured Mr.Yoop ?" asked Woot, looking gravely at the big woman.
"Wicked enemies.

People who selfishly objected to Yoop's taking their cows and sheep for his food.

I must admit, however, that Yoop had a bad temper, and had the habit of knocking over a few houses, now and then, when he was angry.