AS the last drum beat died away in the distance, the Gnome turned to Ned and said: "Come, let us hasten, for I am rather hungry, and you no doubt are in need of nourishment also."
Ned obeyed willingly, for he had tasted nothing since breakfast and was now as hungry as a healthy youngster should be.
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