They Flew Over Rochester " " 126 The Farmer Sat Down on the Grass, Suddenly and Heavily " " 128 Everyone Now Turned Out His Pockets " " 132 These Were the Necessaries of Life " " 134 The Children Were Fast Asleep " " 138 The Keeper Spoke Deep-Chested Words through the Keyhole " " 150 There the Castle Stood, Black and Stately " " 164 Robert Was Dragged Forthwith--by the Reluctant Ear " " 166 He Wiped Away a Manly Tear " " 168 "Oh, Do, Do, Do, _Do_!" Said Robert " " 174 The Man Fell with a Splash Into the Moat-water " " 196 Anthea Tilted the Pot over the Nearest Leadhole " " 198 He Pulled Robert's Hair " " 210 "The Sammyadd's Done Us Again," Said Cyril " " 214 He Lifted Up the Baker's Boy and Set Him on Top of the Haystack " " 216 It Was a Strange Sensation Being Wheeled in a Pony-carriage by a Giant " " 220 When the Girl Came Out She Was Pale and Trembling " " 228 "When Your Time's Up Come to Me" " " 230 He Opened the Case and Used the Whole Thing as a Garden Spade " " 238 She Did It Gently by Tickling His Nose with a Twig of Honeysuckle " " 244 There, Sure Enough, Stood a Bicycle " " 248 The Punctured State of It Was Soon Evident " " 250 The Grown-up Lamb Struggled " " 258 She Broke Open the Missionary Box with the Poker " " 266 "Ye Seek a Pow-wow?" He Said " " 278 Bright Knives Were Being Brandished All about Them " " 284 She Was Clasped in Eight Loving Arms " " 294 "We Found a Fairy," Said Jane, Obediently " " 298 It Burrowed, and Disappeared, Scratching Fiercely to the Last " " 308 CHAPTER I BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired hack had rattled along for five minutes, the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and say, "Aren't we nearly there?" And every time they passed a house, which was not very often, they all said, "Oh, _is_ this it?" But it never was, till they reached the very top of the hill, just past the chalk-quarry and before you come to the gravel-pit. And then there was a white house with a green garden and an orchard beyond, and mother said, "Here we are!"