"
"Very well," replied the Boolooroo, "you shall eat with me, for then
I can keep an eye on you. My guards are not to be trusted, and I
don't mean to let you out of my sight again until you are patched."
So Cap'n Bill and the Boolooroo had breakfast together, six
Blueskins standing in a row back of the sailorman to grab him if he
attempted to escape. But Cap'n Bill made no such attempt, knowing it
would be useless.
Trot was in the room, too, standing in a corner and listening to all
that was said while she racked her little brain for an idea that
would enable her to save Cap'n Bill from being patched. No one could
see her, so no one--not even Cap'n Bill--knew she was there.
After breakfast was over, a procession was formed, headed by the
Boolooroo, and they marched the prisoner through the palace until
they came to the Room of the Great Knife. Invisible Trot followed
soberly after them, still wondering what she could do to save her
friend.
As soon as they entered the Room of the great Knife, the Boolooroo
gave a yell of disappointment.
"What's become of Tiggle?" he shouted. "Where's Tiggle? Who has
released Tiggle? Go at once, you dummies, and find him, or it will
go hard with you!"
The frightened soldiers hurried away to find Tiggle, and Trot was
well pleased because she knew Tiggle was by this time safely hidden.
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