"
Then Judy remembered that he invariably kissed her on both cheeks as
though she was a silly little child.
"Oh, _that_ man!" she exclaimed, realising fully now the enormities he
had committed. She appeared to hesitate a moment. Then she flung down
her Apocalypse suddenly. "Put him on a scarlet horse," she cried,
"pretend he's the Beast, and I'll come."
Maria's blue eyes wheeled half a circle towards Tim. She did not move
her head. It signified agreement. Tim knew. Only her consent, as the
insulted party, was necessary before he could approve.
"All right," he cried to Judy. "We'll put him in a special carriage
with his horse, and I'll make out a label for the window, so that
every one will know." He went over to the table and wrote "BEAST" in
capital letters on a half-sheet of paper. The cumbersome quill pen
made two spongy blots.
"It's the end of the world _really_ at the same time," decided Judy,
to a chorus of general approval, "not only the end of Mr. Jinks." She
liked her horrors on a proper scale.
And the railway line was quickly laid across the room from the window
to the wall. The lamps of oil on both engines were lit.
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