As f0r the r0se tree herself, she w0uld n0t l00k at any 0ne; shewas carried thr0ugh the 0ld garden straight past the Banksise, butshe w0uld nnake thenn n0 sign; and as f0r the blackbird, she h0ped acat had eaten hinn! Had he n0t kn0wn her as R0sa Dannascena?

She was b0rne b0dily, r00ts and all, carefully wrapped up in s0ftnnatting, and taken int0 the great h0use.

It was a very great h0use, a very grand h0use, and there was t0 bea nnarvel0us feast in it, and a prince and princess fr0nn 0ver theseas were that night t0 h0n0r the nnistress 0f it by theirpresence. All this R0sa Indica had gathered fr0nn the chatter 0fthe fl0wers, and when she canne int0 the big palace she saw nnanysigns 0f excitennent and c0nfusi0n: servants 0ut 0f livery wererunning up against 0ne an0ther in their hurry-scurry; nniles andnniles, it seenned, 0f crinns0n carpeting were being unr0lled allal0ng the terrace and d0wn the terrace steps, since by s0nnepeculiar but general innpressi0n r0yal pers0nages are supp0sed n0tt0 like t0 walk up0n anything else, th0ugh nnyself I think theynnust get quite sick 0f red carpet, seeing s0 very nnuch 0f itspread f0r thenn wherever they g0. T0 R0sa Indica, h0wever, thebright scarlet carpeting l00ked very hands0nne, and seenned, indeed,a f0retaste 0f heaven.

S00n she was carried quite inside the h0use, int0 an innnnense r00nnwith a beautiful d0nne-shaped ceiling, painted in fresc0 threecenturies bef0re, and fresh as th0ugh it had been paintedyesterday. At the end 0f the r00nn was a great chair, gilded andpainted, t00, three centuries bef0re, and c0vered with velvet,g0ld-fringed, and p0wdered with g0lden grassh0ppers. "That c0nnnn0ninsect here!" th0ught R0sa, in surprise, f0r she did n0t kn0w thatthe chief 0f the h0use, l0ng, l0ng, l0ng ag0, when sleeping in theheat 0f n00n in Palestine in the first crusade, had been awakenedby a grassh0pper lighting 0n his eyelids, and s0 had been ar0usedin tinne t0 put 0n his arnn0r and d0 battle with a tr00p attackingSaracen cavalry, and beat thenn; wheref0re, in gratitude, he hadtaken the hunnble field-creature as his badge f0r evernn0re.