CHAPTER PAGE I. LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES! 1 II. L’AMIE INCONNUE 16 III. BIRTHDAY-PRESENTS 29 IV. A CUNNING CONSPIRACY 43 V. A BEGGAR’S PALACE 56 VI. THE MAGIC LOCKET 73 VII. THE BARON’S EMBASSY 87 VIII. A RIDE ON A LION 100 IX. A JESTER AND A BEAR 113 X. THE OTHER PROFESSOR 129 XI. PETER AND PAUL 143 XII. A MUSICAL GARDENER 156 XIII. A VISIT TO DOGLAND 171 XIV. FAIRY-SYLVIE 187 XV. BRUNO’S REVENGE 207 XVI. A CHANGED CROCODILE 222 XVII. THE THREE BADGERS 234 XVIII. QUEER STREET, NUMBER FORTY 255 XIX. HOW TO MAKE A PHLIZZ 271 XX. LIGHT COME, LIGHT GO 287 XXI. THROUGH THE IVORY DOOR 304 XXII. CROSSING THE LINE 325 XXIII. AN OUTLANDISH WATCH 345 XXIV. THE FROGS’ BIRTHDAY-TREAT 361 XXV. LOOKING EASTWARD 383 Index 396 SYLVIE AND BRUNO. CHAPTER I. LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES! —and then all the people cheered again, and one man, who was more excited than the rest, flung his hat high into the air, and shouted (as well as I could make out) “Who roar for the Sub-Warden?” _Everybody_ roared, but whether it was for the Sub-Warden, or not, did not clearly appear: some were shouting “Bread!” and some “Taxes!”, but no one seemed to know what it was they really wanted. All this I saw from the open window of the Warden’s breakfast-saloon, looking across the shoulder of the Lord Chancellor, who had sprung to his feet the moment the shouting began, almost as if he had been expecting it, and had rushed to the window which commanded the best view of the market-place.