And no doubt Houpet and the others will be wondering why we are so long." "We can whistle for Dudu again if we need," said Hugh.

"He helped us very well the last time.

I too am rather sleepy, Jeanne, but still I think I had better not go _quite_ asleep.

You lie down, and I'll just paddle on very slowly and softly for a little, and when you wake up we'll fix whether we should whistle or not." Jeanne seemed to fall asleep in a moment when she lay down.

Hugh paddled on quietly, as he had said, thinking dreamily of the queer things they had seen and heard in this nameless country inside the tapestry door.