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"Good notion," said Pri steward "All the shortbread stores, please"

The Spotted Custard went down as low as possible to hover above theThe floatillah sailed off about other business The brigadier’s signal s lowered the gangplank and Professor Lyall and Lady Kingair trotted up it Then, when Rue issued a formal invitation, all the olves and all the Vanaras followed Virgil ran off to find robes Prie shape in seclusion The Vanaras were enthralled by the ship, and Rue wondered if they had ever been on board a dirigible before It ardless After all, a lady likes to have her ship adht that Miss Sekhmet would reappear at that juncture But perhaps she didn’t want to remind either party of her presence and felt that Rue ell able to settle the treaty situation Rue was honoured by such trust Always assu, of course, that peace had been the werecat’s objective all along Hard to tell objectives and reasons with a cat

A short tireatly strained, and the cook in near hysterics at having to feed not only a pack of olves but also a troop of werearious quarter of an hour ensued – except for the cook – while everyone sorted themselves out, slurped tea, and nibbled

The olves, now back to huoere available, including a few of Prim’s more frilly styles They carried these off with the aploular basis wore skirts anyway It e hairyawas left of the ooseberry jam jar had actually been licked clean by a Vanara warrior, for which Primrose rapped his knuckles in rebuke However, it did look as if hostilities had abated

Rue offered their best spare rooadier and his wife, who accepted with alacrity and made for it with indecent haste

"We have, after all, been separated for several days," whispered Mrs Featherstonehaugh so only Rue could hear

If she had eyebrows, Rue would have raised thee and aesthetic differences between the two, not to h’s clandestine activities, Rue had thought there was little real affection between the couple – apparently not

Mrs Featherstonehaugh giggled – actually giggled – as her big bear of a husband helped her down the staircase, following Pries, oddly pantoed to and fro to interpret – it was agreed that the following night the wolves would be taken on a tour of Tungareshwar by the ht indeed be their new favourite thing ever The olves requested they reold arreed that dozing on board the Custard, with an infantry still unsure of their orders tra about the forest, was probably the safest option All twenty or so strapping ireat deal ht find a spot

Rue requested that they try to stay out from underfoot as she did still need to run her ship The storerooh she feared greatly for the supplies

Prim returned and they found themselves in possession of the upper decks, with the exception of all the spheres of tea Rue, Percy, Pris watched the sun rise over the trees, listening to a great cacophony of birds singing it up and wondering what had happened to the arht be off to track them down and let them know," said Rue

"Let the up to join them "What did I miss, mon petit chou?"