And now, how about visiting the castle ?" "I should like to go," replied Hugh, thinking it wiser, all things considered, to get over his offended feelings.

"I should like to see the castle very much, though I should have liked Jeanne to be with me; but still," he went on, reflecting that Jeanne would be extremely disappointed if he did not make the most of his present opportunity, such as it was, "if you will be so kind as to show me the way, Monsieur Dudu, I'd like to go, and then, any way, I can tell Jeanne all about it." "I cannot exactly show you the way," said the raven, "I am only the guardian on this side.

But if you will attend to what I say, you will get on very well.

Here, in the first place, is a pair of wall-climbers to put on your feet." He held out his claw, on the end of which hung, by a narrow ribbon, two round little cushions about the size of a macaroon biscuit.

Hugh took them, and examined them curiously.