And the rain came down in a sharp shower before they had finished, and drove them into the Magic Cave for shelter.
The girl's young laughter echoed weirdly along the rocky walls as she entered, and she turned with a slightly startled expression to make sure that her companion was close to her.
He had paused to rescue the remains of the feast.

"Quick!" she called to him.

"You will be drenched." "_Je viens vite--vite_," he called back, and in a few seconds was at her side.
"_Comment_!" he said.

"You are afraid, no ?" "No," said Chris, colouring under his look of inquiry.

"But it's horribly eerie.