[p vii] ILLUSTRATIONS
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He scrambled out of the cupboard, and the boots and goloshes fell off him like spray off a bather (p. 24)Frontispiece
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‘If you think cats have such a jolly time,’ said Lord Hugh, ‘why not be a cat?’7
It was Mabel who untied the string and soothed his terrors14
He landed there on his four padded feet light as a feather17
When Jane went in to put Mabel’s light out, Maurice crept in too21
Her bow went down suddenly28
‘Look!’ he said, ‘look!’ and pointed35
Far above him and every one else towered the elephant39
It became a quite efficient motor42
Quentin de Ward58
It landed on the point of the chin of Smithson major67
‘Who are you?’ he said. ‘Answer, I adjure you by the Sacred Tau!’79
The cart was drawn by an enormous creature, more like an elephant than anything else85
[p viii] ‘Silence!’ cried the priest. ‘Chosen of the Immortals, close your eyes!’91
On the lower terrace the royal nurse was walking up and down with the baby princess that all the fuss was about98
Instantly a flight of winged arrows crossed the garden109
‘I would kiss you on every one of your thousand spears,’ she said, ‘to give you what you wish’123
So we all sat on chairs in the drawing-room, and thought of nothing to say harder than ever208
We scalped Eliza as she passed through the hall213
Sidney threw the rug over her, and rolled her over and over215
Early next morning he tried to catch fish with several pieces of string knotted together and a hairpin235
A radiant vision stepped into the circle of light241
There was a splash248
‘Oh, good-bye!’ he cried desperately, and snapped at the worm256