return!" Then she kissed Mother, and Mother wept. Thus our visit to the
Waters settled our fates for each of us, Maiden.'

He rose to his feet and listened, leaning on the shield-rim.

'I think that's Dan--my brother,' said Una.

'Yes; and the Faun is with him,' he replied, as Dan with Puck stumbled
through the copse.

'We should have come sooner,' Puck called, 'but the beauties of your
native tongue, O Parnesius, have enthralled this young citizen.'

Parnesius looked bewildered, even when Una explained.

'Dan said the plural of "dominus" was "dominoes", and when Miss Blake
said it wasn't he said he supposed it was "backgammon", and so he had to
write it out twice--for cheek, you know.'

Dan had climbed into Volaterrae, hot and panting.

'I've run nearly all the way,' he gasped, 'and then Puck met me. How do
you do, Sir?'

'I am in good health,' Parnesius answered. 'See! I have tried to bend
the bow of Ulysses, but----' He held up his thumb.

'I'm sorry. You must have pulled off too soon,' said Dan. 'But Puck said
you were telling Una a story.'