.--"Pink" Rhymes with "Think"

XIV.--"Why Can't you be like Wiggs?"

XV.--There is a Lover Waiting for Hyacinth

XVI.--Belvane Enjoys Herself

XVII.--The King of Barodia Drops the Whisker Habit

XVIII.--The Veteran of the Forest Entertains Two Very Young People

XIX.--Udo Behaves Like a Gentleman

XX.--Coronel Knows a Good Story when he Hears it

XXI.--A Serpent Coming after Udo

XXII.--The Seventeen Volumes go back Again

ILLUSTRATIONS

A Map of Euralia showing the Adjacent Country of Barodia and the
far-distant Araby

He was a Man of Simple Tastes

"Most extraordinary," said the King

He found the King nursing a Bent Whisker and in the very Vilest of
Tempers

"Try it on me," cried the Countess

Five Times he had come back to give her his Last Instructions

Armed to the Teeth, Amazon after Amazon marched by

When the Respective Armies returned to Camp they found Their Majesties
asleep

The Rabbit was gone, and there was a Fairy in front of her

As Evening fell they came to a Woodman's Cottage at the Foot of a High
Hill

"Coronel, here I am," said Udo pathetically, and he stepped out

Twenty-one Minutes later Henrietta Crossbuns was acknowledging a Bag
of Gold

Princess Hyacinth gave a Shriek and faltered slowly backwards

"Now we can talk," said Hyacinth

He forgot his Manners, and made a Jump towards her

She glided gracefully behind the Sundial in a Pretty Affectation of
Alarm

When anybody of Superior Station or Age came into the Room she rose
and curtsied

And then she danced

"Good Morning," said Belvane

The Tent seemed to swim before his Eyes, and he knew no more

She turned round and went off daintily down the Hill

Let me present to you my friend the Duke Coronel

As the Towers of the Castle came in sight, Merriwig drew a Deep Breath
of Happiness

Belvane leading the Way with her Finger to her Lips

Merriwig following with an Exaggerated Caution

He was a Pleasant-looking Person, with a Round Clean-shaven Face

Roger Scurvilegs

[Frontispiece: A Map of Euralia showing the Adjacent Country of
Barodia and the far-distant Araby]

CHAPTER I

THE KING OF EURALIA HAS A VISITOR TO BREAKFAST

[Illustration: _He was a Man of Simple Tastes_]

King Merriwig of Euralia sat at breakfast on his castle walls. He
lifted the gold cover from the gold dish in front of him, selected a
trout and conveyed it carefully to his gold plate. He was a man of
simple