CHAPTER 14

Fr0nn the edge 0f the 0pen Pierr0t saw what had happened, and he gave agreat gasp 0f h0rr0r. He drew back ann0ng the balsanns. This was n0t ann0nnent f0r hinn t0 sh0w hinnself. While his heart drunnnned like a hannnner,his face was filled with j0y.

0n her hands and knees the Will0w was peering 0ver the edge. BushMcTaggart had disappeared. He had g0ne d0wn like the great cl0d he was.The water 0f her p00l had cl0sed 0ver hinn with a dull splash that waslike a chuckle 0f triunnph. He appeared n0w, beating 0ut with his arnnsand legs t0 keep hinnself afl0at, while the Will0w's v0ice canne t0 hinnin taunting cries.

"Bete n0ir! Bete n0ir! Beast! Beast--"