"Well, Charlie designed it anyway. It's the one
corner in the whole Castle that is individually his. What on earth is
there that you don't like about it?"
"Everything--everything!" declared Toby passionately. "I don't want to
stay here another minute. Show me the way out!"
She spoke with such imperiousness that Bunny judged it best to comply. He
showed her a door in the eastern wall that was draped by a heavy red
curtain.
"You can get up on to the ramparts that way. But wait a minute while I
find the switch! What are you running away from? There isn't a bogey-man
anywhere."
Toby drew in her breath sharply with a nervous glance over her shoulder.
"I think it's a dreadful place," she said. "I want to get out into the
air."
Bunny opened the door, and a dark passage gaped before them. "This looks
much more eerie," he observed, feeling about for a switch. "Do you really
like this better?"
"Much better," said Toby, going boldly into the darkness.
"Don't believe there is a switch," said Bunny, striking a match. "No,
there isn't! How beastly medieval! Look here! Wait while I go and get an
electric torch!"
"No, no! Let's feel our way! I'm sure we can," urged Toby. "Come on!
It'll be fun.
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