In scarce five minutes from the top they stood on the spot where they had first halted hours and hours ago.
There a remarkable thing happened.
Cupid, who had all along seemed the most eager of the three to escape into the valley, suddenly halted, spread his little wings, and with a merry laugh began to fly upwards.
"Hold on," said Magnus; "that's not the way down, you young cad!" "Ha, ha!" said Cupid, rising higher.

In vain they besought him to stay.
He only laughed, and soared higher and higher and-- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The next thing they were aware of was that they were lying on their backs, waking up from their sleep, and watching a white gull skimming the air overhead, and crying out seaward.
Whether they had been to Olympus at all, or had only dreamt it, they could never say.

The one thing they did know was that they just managed to catch the last train that night back to Llandudno, where they found supper waiting them.
THE END..