d; he thinks Ho! is more appropriate to Richard's period.
Richard, however, with perfect self-possession which is beyond all
praise, never appears to hear him at all. Cromwell will always keep
turning his head round to stare most rudely at Richard and Charles as
they gallop past, hoping that Richard will hear him shout Ho! and
Charles will hear him shout Ha!, and that irritating habit of his,
together with Charles's treatment of the matter, was probably the
origin of the terms, 'Roundhead' and 'Cavalier.'"

"Really!" said Ridgwell.

The Lion coughed slightly. "Not really," said the Lion, "only perhaps."

"But, Lal, if the statues of London move about and are coming here for
a tournament as you say, won't people miss them?"

"Good gracious goodness, no," exclaimed the Lion. "Why! the people of
London wouldn't miss them in a year, let alone a few hours! Then
perhaps some person might notice something wasn't in its usual place
and would write to the papers asking what it meant, and the London
County Council would hold an inquiry."

"But, Lal, will General Gordon, George III. and Nelson take part in the
Tournament?"

"Bless me, child, how you mix up your history," observed the Lion, "of
course not. They are only moderns, the others are ancients. Two Kings
waiting to see fair play between a Griffin and a Saint who are about to
have a fight, belong to quite another time. George III. and General
Gordon are moved out of the way before the combat starts; and as for
Nelson, he was frozen long ago up there; it is a ridiculous attitude
for so great a man, and a worse altitude, but there he is, and you
cannot alter it; however he is frozen and mercifully doesn't feel
anything or see anything that is going on."

"But if they are going to fight and charge one another, won't the
fountains be in the way?" inquired Ridgwell anxiously, as he looked up
into the Lion's good-humoured face.

"If you look again hard," grinned the Lion, "you will find that the
fountains and the stone lakes around them have disappeared."

Ridgwell immediately looked in the direction the Lion indicated, and
was amazed to find only a big, wide, open space of stone, one of the
largest spaces in London.

"But how did they----" commenced Ridgwell.

"Hush!" said the Lion, "you really mustn't chatter any more. Here they
come, and I have to be Judge of the Tournament, also the Referee; and
to be a Referee," sighed the Lion, "is always a thankless ta