She had had a very good dinner
herself. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
'We'll stop as soon as we see a nice place,' said Anthea. 'I've
got threepence, and you boys have the fourpence each that your
trams didn't cost the other day, so we can buy things to eat. I
expect the Phoenix can speak French.'
The carpet was sailing along over rocks and rivers and trees and
towns and farms and fields. It reminded everybody of a certain
time when all of them had had wings, and had flown up to the top of
a church tower, and had had a feast there of chicken and tongue and
new bread and soda-water. And this again reminded them how hungry
they were. And just as they were all being reminded of this very
strongly indeed, they saw ahead of them some ruined walls on a
hill, and strong and upright, and really, to look at, as good as
new--a great square tower.
'The top of that's just the exactly same size as the carpet,' said
Jane. '_I_ think it would be good to go to the top of that, because
then none of the Abby-what's-its-names--I mean natives--would be
able to take the carpet away even if they wanted to. And some of
us could go out and get things to eat--buy them honestly, I mean,
not take them out of larder windows.'
'I think it would be better if we went--' Anthea was beginning; but
Jane suddenly clenched her hands.
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