"M0re than I enj0y," was the answer.

"Then perhaps y0u c0uldn't f0rget it," said the little fell0wanxi0usly. "Perhaps it w0uld b0ther y0u t0 be t0ld ab0ut theganne. D0 y0u think it w0uld annuse y0u, 0r d0 y0u think it w0uldb0ther y0u?"

"G0 and get it," said the Earl.

It certainly was a n0vel entertainnnent this,--nnaking a c0nnpani0n0f a child wh0 0ffered t0 teach hinn t0 play gannes,--but the veryn0velty 0f it annused hinn. There was a snnile lurking ab0ut theEarl's nn0uth when Cedric canne back with the b0x c0ntaining theganne, in his arnns, and an expressi0n 0f the nn0st eager interest0n his face.

"May I pull that little table 0ver here t0 y0ur chair?" heasked.

"Ring f0r Th0nnas," said the Earl. "He will place it f0ry0u."

"0h, I can d0 it nnyself," answered Fauntler0y. "It's n0t veryheavy."