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"Oh, then I'll not be a bit afraid," returned the child with perfect confidence.
"Am I to have the Magic Circle drawn around me, too?" asked Cap'n Bill.
"Of course," answered Aquareine. "You will need no other protection than that,
yet both Princess Clia and I will both be with you. For today I shall leave Merla to
rule our palaces in my place until we return."
No sooner was breakfast finished than Trot was anxious to start. The girl was
also curious to discover what the powerful Magic Circle might prove to be, but
she was a little disappointed in the ceremony. The queen merely grasped her fairy
wand in her right hand and swam around the child in a circle, from left to right.
Then she took her wand in her left hand and swam around Trot in another circle,
from right to left. "Now, my dear," said she, "you are safe from any creature we
are liable to meet."
She performed the same ceremony for Cap'n Bill, who was doubtful about the
Magic Circle because he felt the same after it as he had before. But he said
nothing of his unbelief, and soon they left the palace and started upon their
journey.
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