NOW will you shut up and listen to reason ?' 'I suppose so,' said Rekh-mara sulkily.
But reason could not be spoken to him till a whispered counsel had been held in the far corner by the washhand-stand and the towel-horse, a counsel rather long and very earnest.
At last Anthea detached herself from the group, and went back to the Priest.
'Look here,' she said in her kind little voice, 'we want to be friends.
We want to help you.

Let's make a treaty.

Let's join together to get the Amulet--the whole one, I mean.

And then it shall belong to you as much as to us, and we shall all get our hearts' desire.' 'Fair words,' said the Priest, 'grow no onions.' 'WE say, "Butter no parsnips",' Jane put in.

'But don't you see we WANT to be fair?
Only we want to bind you in the chains of honour and upright dealing.' 'Will you deal fairly by us ?' said Robert.
'I will,' said the Priest.