HOWTHEYDISCOVEREDSOMETHINGWORTHKNOWIhersadmittedafterwardsthatJillhadbeenwonderfulthatday.AssoonastheKingaofthehuntingpartyhadsetoff,shebeganmakingatourofthewholecastleandaskiions,butallinsui,babyishwaythatnoonecouldsuspectherofadesign.Thoughhertonguewasill,youcouldhardlysayshetalked:sheprattledandgiggled.Shemadelovetoeveryohegrooms,theporters,thehousemaids,theladies-in-waiting,andtheelderlygiantlordswhosehuntingdayswerepast.Shesubmittedtobeingkissedandpawedaboutbyanynumberofgiantesses,manyofwhomseemedsorryforherandcalledher"apoorlittlething"thoughhemexplainedwhy.Shemadeespecialfriendswiththecookanddiscoveredtheall-importantfacttherewasascullerydoorwhichletyououtthroughtheouterwall,sothatyoudidnothavetocrossthecourtyardorpassthegreatgatehouse.Ishepreteobegreedy,andateallsortsofscrapswhichthecookandscullionsdelightedtogiveher.Butupstairsamongtheladiessheaskedquestionsabouthowshewouldbedressedfreatfeast,andhowlongshewouldbeallowedtositup,ahershewoulddahsomevery,verysmallgiant.Amadeherhotalloverwhensheremembereditafterwards)shewouldputherheadononesideinanidioticfashionwhichgrown-ups,giantandotherwise,thoughtveryfetg,andshakehercurls,andfidget,andsay,"Oh,Idowishitwastomorrownight,dontyou?Doyouthiimewillgoquicklytillthen?"Andallthegiantessessaidsheerfectlittledarling;andsomeofthemdabbedtheireyeswithenormoushandkerchiefsasiftheyweregoingtocry.

    "Theyredearlittlethingsatthatage,"saidonegiaoanother."Itseemsalmostapity...”

    ScrubbandP