It's a beautiful country, any way, and did you _ever_ see anything so sweet as the little carriage they've sent for us, and wasn't it nice to see Houpet and all the others ?" "Yes," said Hugh, "very.

But whom do you mean by 'they,' Jeanne ?" "Oh dear, dear!" exclaimed Jeanne, "what a terrible boy you are.

Do leave off asking questions, and let us have fun.

Look, there are Grignan and the little cochon quite eager to be off.

Now, do jump in--we shall have such fun." Hugh got in, willingly enough, though still he would have preferred to have some explanation from Jeanne of all the strange things that were happening.
"_Isn't_ it nice ?" said Jeanne, when they had both nestled down among the delicious soft cushions of the carriage.
"Yes," said Hugh, "it's very nice _now_, but it wasn't very nice when I was all alone in the dark in that long passage.