CHAPTER XXI.
THE ENCHANTED LAND At ten o'clock that night, Avery went round to bid each child good-night.
She found Gracie sleeping peacefully with her bed pushed close to Jeanie's.

The latter was awake and whispered a greeting.

On the other side of the room Olive slept the sleep of the just.

Avery did not pause by her bed, but went straight to Jeanie, who held her hand for a little and then gently begged her to go to bed herself.
"You must be so tired," she said.
Avery could not deny the fact.

But she had arranged to sleep in Mrs.
Lorimer's room, so she could not look forward to a night without care.
She did not tell Jeanie this, however, but presently kissed her tenderly and stole away.
She visited the younger boys, and found them all asleep; then slipped up to the attic in which the elder lads slept.
She heard their voices as she reached the closed door.