The peon will not approach it, because Carossa is there and maybe ghosts too." "I'm not afraid of ghosts," said Obed White.

"Lead on, most noble captain.

We appreciate your hospitality.

We did not know that you were taking us to a palace." Captain Carossa deigned to be pleased again with himself, and, taking the lantern from the man in the red serape, he led the way.

He entered the large building by means of a narrow passageway in one of the angles, passed through an unroofed room, and then came to a door at which both Ned and Obed gazed with the most intense curiosity.