Since immediate delivery was part of the bargain, he forthwith put the planks on a hand-cart and wheeled them up to Colet House.

The Twins, eager to be at work, helped him.
For the rest of the day the Terror applied his indisputable constructive genius to the creation of cat-hutches.

That evening Erebus wrote his warm letter of thanks to Lady Ryehampton.
The next morning, with a womanly disregard of obligation, Erebus proposed that they should forthwith mount their bicycles and sally forth on a splendid foray.

The Terror would not hear of it.
"No," he said firmly.

"We're going to get the cats' home finished before we use those bicycles at all.