"I only want my liberty.

Why are you all in league against me to keep me in just one place?
Ah, listen to that noise! How wild those people are! It is the same every night--every night.

Can they really be as happy as they sound ?" A distant hubbub had arisen in the main corridor, the banging of doors and laughter of careless voices.

It was some time after one o'clock, and the merry-markers were on their way to bed.
"Never mind them!" said Biddy.

"They're just a set of noisy children.