Then after a pause she added reluctantly: "But if the princess is an invalid, perhaps she ought to have all the peaches herself." "She couldn't want all of them.

Why we couldn't.

There are hundreds," said the Terror quickly.

"And they're the very thing for Mum.

Bananas are all very well in their way; but they're not like real fruit." "Of course; Mum _must_ have them," said Erebus with decision.