He took command of them in the old way.

He whispered, as if Black Cathro were still on the prowl for him.

Corp of Corp had to steal upon the Den by way of the Silent Pool, Grizel by the Queen's Bower, Elspeth up the burn-side, Captain Stroke down the Reekie Brothpot.

Grizel's arms rocked with delight in the dark, and she was on her way to the Cuttle Well, the trysting-place, before she came to and saw with consternation that Tommy had been ordering her about.
She was quite a sedate young lady by the time she joined them at the well, and Tommy was the first to feel the change.

"Don't you think this is all rather silly ?" she said, when he addressed her as the Lady Griselda, and it broke the spell.