Oh, why----" "Cave! cave!" shouted Lizzie excitedly below.

"Cave! Teddie herself!" Ulyth turned and fled with more regard for speed than safety along the veranda roof, and scrambled through the window into the linen-room again.

She was trembling with agitation.

Such an extraordinary development of the situation was as appalling as it was unexpected.

She must have time to think it over.