that all again was hushed and silent; when, getting down, he
gently stole into the giant's chamber, where he found him still in
a profound sleep.



But here, to the great mortification of Miss Jenny's attentive
hearers, the hour of entertaining themselves being at an end, they
were obliged to leave the poor little Mignon in the greatest
distress and fright lest the giant should awake before he could
fulfil the commands of the oracle, and to wait for the remainder
of the story till another opportunity.

In the evening, as soon as school was over, the little company
again met in their arbour, and nothing could be greater than their
impatience to hear the event of Mignon's hazardous undertaking.
Miss Dolly Friendly said that if the poor little creature was
destroyed, she should not sleep that night. But they all joined
in entreating Miss Jenny to proceed; which she did in the
following manner:



A CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF THE GIANTS.

Now, thought Mignon, is the lucky moment to fulfil the
instructions of the oracle. And then cautiously getting up the
side of the couch, with trembling hands he put the fillet round
the monster's neck, and tied it firmly in a threefold knot; and
again softly creeping down, he retired into a corner of the room