Fani glanced at her despondently, with a look which said:-- "You see I was right.

There's nothing to be done about it." On entering the gardens, Mrs.Stanhope said again that they must all keep together.

No one must linger behind, nor hurry before, or they might get lost; and they must not touch anything in the garden.
This was a blow to Fred, and took away most of his satisfaction in seeing the animals; and his martyrdom did not cease while they were in the gardens.

Here he heard great buzzing and humming in a bush, and he longed to see the wonderful insects that made it.

There he saw bright-colored butterflies fluttering about the flowers; on one side red-gold beetles were creeping in the grass before his eyes; on the other some huge lizards were sunning themselves on a rock.