And then what do you think I found ?--it led to a staircase in the thickness of the wall, which went down and down until it came to a door right below the cellar--it took me days of dodging Mademoiselle and Priscilla to carry down oil and things to help me to open it--and then it came out in a hollow archway on the second terrace, which has a stone bench in it, and is where old William keeps his tools.

It is so cleverly done you could never see it; it looks just as if it was no door, but was only there for ornament.

You may fancy I never told anyone! It is my secret--and yours now--and it enabled me to do what I have always longed to do--go out in the night!" "You go out in the night all alone!" exclaimed Cheiron, almost aghast.
"But of course," said Halcyone.

"You cannot think of the joy when there is a moon and stars; and some of the night creatures are such friends--they teach me wonderful things.

Only the dreadful difficulty is in avoiding Priscilla--she sleeps in the dressing-room next me.