about the castle before we started."

"Yes," said Win. "That's straight about Caesar. That's why I
wanted Fran to see it. And most of the place was built a thousand
years ago. Is it ever used now!"

[Illustration: ABOVE AND BEHIND TOWERED THE RUINED CASTLE OF
ORGUEIL]

"In summer the signal service is quartered here," replied the boy.
"This is the well, ninety feet deep."

As he spoke, he dropped a pebble over a low parapet. Some seconds
later came a hollow splash.

The guide showed them a cell where condemned prisoners were once
kept, a ruined chapel with a very old crypt, and above the chapel
a room reached by winding stairs. The girls entered with a
simultaneous shriek of delight.

"What a love of a room!" said Edith.

"Mother, isn't this too sweet for words?" demanded Frances.

"This is the Cupola room," explained their guide. "Charles the
Second stopped here during his exile from England."

"Prince Charles!" exclaimed Win, his imagination fired at once.
"Oh, I read that in the guide book, but this--his room--"