were actually filled tea seemed less real than the beautiful
voice and the greeny light.

After tea Anthea persuaded the others to allow her to hang the
charm round her neck with a piece of string.

'It would be so awful if it got lost,' she said: 'it might get
lost anywhere, you know, and it would be rather beastly for us to
have to stay in the Past for ever and ever, wouldn't it?'



CHAPTER 4

EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS AGO

Next morning Anthea got old Nurse to allow her to take up the
'poor learned gentleman's' breakfast. He did not recognize her
at first, but when he did he was vaguely pleased to see her.

'You see I'm wearing the charm round my neck,' she said; 'I'm
taking care of it--like you told us to.'

'That's right,' said he; 'did you have a good game last night?'

'You will eat your breakfast before it's cold, won't you?' said
Anthea. 'Yes, we had a splendid time. The charm made it all
dark, and then greeny light, and then it spoke. Oh! I wish you
could have heard it--it was such a darling voice--and it told us
the other half of it was lost in the Past, so of course we shall