Did you ever 'appen to 'ear tell of 'Olmness ?" She asked it eagerly, watching his face.

But it gave no answer to her hopes.

His eyes were dreamy.

The word, if it struck at all on his hearing, struck dully.
"I don't see that the name matters," he said after a long pause, "so long as it's the Island.

We 're going there, and we shall find out all about it when we get to Stratford." "Shall we ?" asked Tilda, considerably astonished.