And after that Baby had a grey kitten of her own, which the Colonel gave her; and she played with it all the time. And every day she took the kitten on her shoulder, and went down the drive under the trees in the dappled sunshine to meet Tiny when he came home from the Fort, which he usually did about an hour after he'd started for it. For work tired Tiny very easily so that he had to be careful not to overdo it. And Baby and Tiny walked home arm in arm, when they thought nobody was looking, though everybody was, especially mannikin behind the bars of the boot-hole at one end of the drive, and little old Lollypop through the lattice at the other end. And Baby hugged Tiny's arm, and Tiny hugged Baby's. And Tiny looked down, and Baby looked up. And Baby said, "Now me!" and hopped. And Tiny said, "Now me!" and skipped. Then both said, "Now bofe!" and jumped. And Baby smiled, and Tiny grinned, and neither spoke. And sometimes tears came because of nobody knew why, and sometimes roars because of so jolly. And half the time they were so wise you wouldn't believe, and half the time so silly you can't think, and whole the time so happy I couldn't tell you. 38 But with Summer coming, the Commander-in-Chief began to stir again. For the Queen at the Castle came with her hands on her hips and said she could do no more tea-cakes just now, and they must ave mustard and cress instead. [Illustration: SHE COULD DO NO MORE TEA CAKES] Then the King cocked his crown, and asked if he might be so good as to inquire her reasons. So the Queen mopped and answered, "Because of too warm." But the old lady, when she heard that, got up, and said to her daughter rather bitterly, for too many tea-cakes had soured her nature, "_Then_ I think it's time for us to be going." And they went out with their heads very high, and camped on the Common instead; which you may as soon as the grass is dry. But the King was really rather glad: for he was a bit bored. And the Commander-in-Chief was glad too; for he was free to do his bad best once more. And that very afternoon, as the Colonel and Tiny were taking their daily ride on Goliath--the Colonel with the sea-gull in his arms to give it a swim in the Pond,--the Commander-in-Chief, disguised as a nigger-boy, leaped out of the Wood, and tried to storm Goly by the tail. But Goly just turned his trunk, and gave the Commander-in-Chief a good old clout instead, which sent him sprawling. Then the Colonel, who was sitting towards the head, said, "What is it?" So Tiny, who was sitting towards the tail, answered, very loud, "Only a dirty little black boy, Sir, whom Goly spanked for tweaking his tail." But Tiny really knew quite well, because the Commander-in-Chief's hump stuck up in the air, as he lay flat-face in the mud. And when the Commander-in-Chief heard what Tiny said, tie raised his face, with his nose all muddy, and screamed,