er. "Well, Charlie designed it anyway. It's the one
corner in the whole Castle that is individually his. What on earth is
there that you don't like about it?"

"Everything--everything!" declared Toby passionately. "I don't want to
stay here another minute. Show me the way out!"

She spoke with such imperiousness that Bunny judged it best to comply. He
showed her a door in the eastern wall that was draped by a heavy red
curtain.

"You can get up on to the ramparts that way. But wait a minute while I
find the switch! What are you running away from? There isn't a bogey-man
anywhere."

Toby drew in her breath sharply with a nervous glance over her shoulder.
"I think it's a dreadful place," she said. "I want to get out into the
air."

Bunny opened the door, and a dark passage gaped before them. "This looks
much more eerie," he observed, feeling about for a switch. "Do you really
like this better?"

"Much better," said Toby, going boldly into the darkness.

"Don't believe there is a switch," said Bunny, striking a match. "No,
there isn't! How beastly medieval! Look here! Wait while I go and get an
electric torch!"

"No, no! Let's feel our way! I'm sure we can," urged Toby. "Come on!
It'll be fun. Shut the door!"

The spirit of adventure seized upon Bunny. He let the door swing closed
and caught her hand again.

Toby's delighted chuckle told him that she had fully recovered her
equilibrium. Her fingers twined closely about his own.

"Now we shall have some fun!" she said.

They went forward together for a few yards in total darkness. Then, from
somewhere high above them a faint light filtered through.

"That's on the stairs," said Bunny. "One of those window-slits through
which in the old hospitable days all comers were potted at. Look out how
you go!"

The words were scarcely uttered when they both kicked against the lowest
stair and blundered forward. A squeal of laughter came from Toby. Bunny
said "Damn!" with much heartiness and then laughed also.

"I knew it would be fun," said Toby. "Are you hurt?"

He raised her with a strong young arm. "No, I'm all right. Are you?"

"Yes. I'm loving it. What happens next? Do the stairs wind round and
round till we get to the top?"

"Yes. There are about six hundred of 'em. Feel equal to it?"

"Equal to anything," said Toby promptly. "Let me go first!"

"Why don't I go and get a light?" said Bunny.

"Because you're not to. Because it's heaps more fun without.