And the dragon, or is it fancy?
is going not quite so fast.
How he did it Philip never knew.

But with a last spurt he reached the pillar where the Princess stood bound.

And the dragon was twenty yards away, coming on and on and on.
Philip stood quite still, recovering his breath.

And more and more slowly, but with no sign of stopping, the dragon came on.

Behind him, where the pillar was, Philip heard some one crying softly.
Then the dragon was quite near.