But they did not think it well to trouble the good queen with the dangers Dick had encountered . CHAPTER VIII . The Giant who does not know when he has had Enough . -LCB- 146 -RCB- -LCB- The enormous letter : p146.jpg -RCB- One morning the post brought a truly enormous letter for Dick . It was as broad as a table-cloth , and the address was written in letters as long as a hoop-stick . `` I seem to know that hand , '' said Ricardo ; `` but I thought the fingers which held the pen had long been cold in death . '' He opened , with his sword , the enormous letter , which was couched in the following terms : `` The Giant as does not know when he has had enuf , presents his compliments to Prince Ricardo ; and I , having recovered from the effects of our little recent rally , will be happy to meet you in the old place for a return-match . I not being handy with the pen , the Giant hopes you will excuse mistakes and bad writing . '' Dick simply gazed with amazement . `` If ever I thought an enemy was killed and done for , it was that Giant , '' said he . `` Why , I made mere mince-collops of him ! '' However , he could not refuse a challenge , not to speak of his duty to rid the world of so greedy and odious a tyrant . Dick , therefore , took the usual things -LRB- which the king had secretly restored -RRB- , but first he tried them -- putting on the Cap of Darkness before the glass , in which he could not see himself . On second thoughts , he considered it unfair to take the cap . All the other articles were in working order . Jaqueline on this occasion followed him in the disguise of a crow , flying overhead . On reaching the cavern -- a huge tunnel in the rock -- where the Giant lived , Ricardo blew a blast on the horn which hung outside , and in obedience to a written notice , knocked also with a mace provided by the Giant for that purpose . Presently he heard heavy footsteps sounding along the cavern , and the Giant came out . He was above the common height for giants , and his whole face and body were seamed over with little red lines , crossing each other like tartan . These were marks of encounters , in which he had been cut to bits and come together again ; for this was his peculiarity , which made him so dangerous .
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