How They Discovered Something Worth KnowingThe others admitted after wards that Jill had been onderful that day. As soon as the King and the rest of he hunting party had set off， she began making a tour f the whole castle and asking questions， but all in such n innocent， babyish way that no one could suspect her f any secret design. Though her tongue was never still， ou could hardly say she talked： she prattled and giggled. he made love to everyone.the grooms， the porters， the ousemaids， the ladies.in.waiting， and the elderly giant rds whose hunting days were past. She submitted to eing kissed and pawed about by any number of giantesses， any of whom seemed sorry for her and called her “a oor little thing” though none of them explained why. She ade especial friends with the cook and discovered the all. mportant fact there was a scullery door which let you out hrough the outer wall， so that you did not have to cross he courtyard or pass the great gatehouse. In the kitchen he pretended to be greedy， and ate all sorts of scraps which he cook and scullions delighted to give her. But upstairs mong the ladies she asked questions about how she would e dressed for the great feast， and how long she would be lowed to sit up， and whether she would dance with some ery， very small giant. And then （it made her hot all over hen she remembered it afterwards） she would put her ead on one side in an idiotic fashion which grown.ups， iant and otherwise， thought very fetching， and shake her urls， and fidget， and say， “Oh， I do wish it was tomorrow ight， don’t you？ Do you think the time will go quickly till hen？” And all the giantesses said she was a perfect littledarling； and some of them dabbed their eyes with enormous handkerchiefs as if they were going to cry.
