It looked so bright and real a few minutes ago," he added, turning to the wall, which was now only faintly illumined by the moonlight, and looked no different from what Hugh had often seen it in the daytime.

"What has become of the beautiful light, Monsieur Dudu?
And the peacocks?
They have shut up their tails again----" "Never mind," said the raven.

"So you want to see the castle, do you ?" he added.
"Yes," said Hugh; "but not so much as Jeanne.

It was she wanted it most.
She wants dreadfully to see it.

_I_ thought," he added, rather timidly, "_I_ thought we might play at giving a party in the castle, and inviting Houpet, you know, and Nibble." "_Only_," observed the raven, drily, "there is one little objection to that.