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 186 THE TERRIBLE TWINS her that a peach rose and vanished over the top of the wall. She stared at the part of the wall whence it had risen, and in a few seconds, another peach seemed to rise and disappear. This curious behavior of English peaches so roused her curiosity that, in spite of the heat, she rose and walked quietly to the end of the wall of pear tree. As she came beyond it, she saw, lean- ing over the wall, a fair-haired boy. Even as she saw him something rose and vanished over the wall far too swiftly for her to see that it was a land- ing-net. Surprise did not rob the Terror of his politeness ; he smiled amicably, raised his cap and said in his most agreeable tone: " How do you do? " He did not know how much the princess had seen, and he was not going to make admission of guilt by a hasty and perhaps needless flight, pro- voke pursuit and risk his peaches. "How do you do?" said the princess a little haughtily, hesitating. " What are you doing up there?" " I'm looking at the garden," said the Terror