` Ha ! ' Sir Richard opened his eyes . ` Houses like flat nests did our Devils make , where their imps lay and looked at us . I did not see them -LRB- I was sick after the fight -RRB- , but Witta told me , and , lo , ye know it also ? Wonderful ! Were our Devils only nest-building apes ? Is there no sorcery left in the world ? ' ' I do n't know , ' answered Dan , uncomfortably . ` I 've seen a man take rabbits out of a hat , and he told us we could see how he did it , if we watched hard . And we did . ' ` But we did n't , ' said Una , sighing . ` Oh ! there 's Puck ! ' The little fellow , brown and smiling , peered between two stems of an ash , nodded , and slid down the bank into the cool beside them . ` No sorcery , Sir Richard ? ' he laughed , and blew on a full dandelion head he had picked . ` They tell me that Witta 's Wise Iron was a toy . The boy carries such an iron with him . They tell me our Devils were apes , called gorillas ! ' said Sir Richard , indignantly .
` That is the sorcery of books , ' said XXXXX . '
Dan Iron Puck Richard Una Witta apes gorillas imps left