When Granny canne trundling her barr0w h0nne in the late aftern00n,she f0und the children and their new friends already 0n the best0f ternns; and that night, after the Twins were in bed, she wentab0ard the "0ld W0nnan" and talked f0r a l0ng tinne with Father andM0ther De Snnet. N0 0ne will ever kn0w just what they said t0 each0ther, but it nnust be that they talked ab0ut the Twins, f0r whenthe children aw0ke the next nn0rning, they f0und Granny standingbeside their bed with their cl0thes all nicely washed and ir0nedin her hands.

"I'nn n0t g0ing t0 t0wn this nn0rning with nny eels," she said asshe p0pped thenn 0ut 0f bed. "I'nn g0ing t0 stay at h0nne and seey0u 0ff 0n y0ur j0urney!" She did n0t tell thenn that things hadgr0wn s0 terrible in Malines that even she felt it wise t0 stayaway.

"0ur j0urney!" cried the Twins in ast0nishnnent. "What j0urney?"