'Lulled by the trickle of water, I slipped into dreamland' " 62 'It was easy . . . to transport yourself in a trice to the heart of a tropical forest' " 68 'Who would have thought . . . that only two short days ago we had confronted each other on either side of a hedge' " 86 'A great book open on his knee . . . a score or so disposed within easy reach' " 114 'But yester-eve and the mummers were here!' " 122 '"They make me walk behind, 'cos they say I'm too little, and mustn't hear"' " 138 '"I'm Jason . . . and this is the Argo . . . and we're just going through the Hellespont"' " 146 '"You haven't been to Rome, have you?"' " 166 'I drew it out and carried it to the window, to examine it in the failing light' " 188 'At breakfast Miss Smedley behaved in a most mean and uncalled-for manner' " 196 'The procession passing solemnly across the moon-lit Blue Room' " 218 '"Why, Master Harold! whatever be the matter? Baint runnin' away, be ee?"' " 232 'Finally we found ourselves sitting silent on an upturned wheelbarrow' " 250 PROLOGUE: THE OLYMPIANS