to him the best thing of all, having the giant as a companion. He even
hoped that after a time the Masked Lady would take some other road and
leave them. It was rather uncomfortable, her happening to be places
when you were not thinking about her. And if she were to go away there
would be an end to Mr. Literal too. They both might be all right in
their way, but it ought to be a band of children, with nobody else
about.

And so he put Mr. Literal and the Masked Lady, too, out of his mind.
He was talking eagerly to Tom when they got back to where the others
were. He called out gladly, when he came within hearing of them, "He's
going with us. And what do you think? We've got a dog!"

There was general rejoicing when the dog made his appearance, running
from one to another to get acquainted. And then, as they had already
been delayed quite a little, they made haste to continue on their
journey.




PART III

ARGUMENT: EVERYCHILD VIEWS WITH AMAZEMENT A FAMOUS DWELLING-PLACE, AND
IS GRIEVED BY THE PLIGHT OF AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCE.




CHAPTER XV