"She started to walk home as fast as ever she could.

I called to her to wait, but she wouldn't listen." "Oh, well, it's all right; she can't miss the road, and we shall soon overtake her," said Dan.

"Now then, in you get." It was great fun packing themselves into the cart.

Betty and Tony, in great spirits, sat in the bottom of it, with a rug drawn over them like a tent, and two little peepholes to peer through, and were as happy and warm as could be.

Kitty and Dan sat upon the seat with the other rug round their shoulders, and the moment they were ready and had gathered up the reins, Mokus, who had been standing flapping his long ears crossly when the rain struck him particularly smartly, started off at a really quick trot, which covered the ground rapidly, but rattled and jolted the cart to such an extent that it was all Dan and Kitty could do to keep their seats, while as for the two in the bottom of the cart, they were tossed about like parched peas in a frying-pan.