end, and is one of the eight who approach."

The Red Rogue stopped laughing, for the fame of Spor's terrible king
had long ago reached him. And he reflected that any one who could
conquer the army of giants and dwarfs and Gray Men that served Terribus
must surely be one to be regarded seriously. Moreover--and this was a
secret--the Red Rogue had never been able to gain the strength to
correspond with his gigantic size, but had ever remained as weak as
when he was a puny boy. So he was accustomed to rely on his cunning
and on the terror his very presence usually excited to triumph over his
enemies. And he began to be afraid of this prince.

"You say two of the party are girls?" he asked.

"Yes," said the man, "but also among them are King Terribus himself,
and the renowned Wul-Takim, formerly king of thieves, who was conquered
by the prince, although accounted a hard fighter, and is now his
devoted servant. And there are two old men who are just alike and have
a very fierce look about them. They are said to come from the hidden
Kingdom of Twi."

By this time the Red Rogue was thoroughly frightened, but he did not
yet despair of defeating his enemies. He knew better than to attempt
to oppose Prince Marvel by force, but he still hoped to conquer him by
trickery and deceit.

Among the wonderful things that the Red Rogue's former master, the wise
scholar and magician, had made were two large enchanted mirrors, which
were set on each side of the great hallway of the castle. Heavy
curtains were drawn over the surfaces of these mirrors, because they
both possessed a dreadful magical power. For whenever any one looked
into one of them his reflection was instantly caught and imprisoned in
the mirror, and his body at the same time became invisible to all
earthly eyes, only the mirror retaining his form.

While considering a way to prevent the prince from freeing the Lady
Seseley, the Red Rogue happened to think of these mirrors, which had
never yet been used. So he went stealthily into the great hall and
drew aside the covering from one of the mirrors. He did not dare look
into the mirror himself, but hurried away to another room, and then
sent a page up a back stairway to summon the Lady Seseley and her two
maids into his presence.

The girls at once obeyed, for they greatly feared the Red Rogue; and of
course they descended the front stairway and walked through the great
hall. At once the large mirror that ha