[See page 118 They sat among the twisted tree roots, and ate and drank and were merry like children on a holiday. [See page 118 [See page 118 THE INCREDIBLE HONEYMOON E. NESBIT AUTHOR OF "THE RED HOUSE" ETC. Books by Established The Incredible Honeymoon [1] [1] THE INCREDIBLE HONEYMOON I [2] [3] [3] My friend the tinker has had, perhaps, more than his share of adventures, but then his is the temperament that shoots, like a willing needle, to the great magnet of melodrama. The temperamental needle of Edward Basingstoke followed the magnet of romance. In a gayer, if less comfortable, age he might have been a knight-errant, or, at least, the sympathetic squire of a knight-errant. Had he been born in the days when most people stayed at home and minded their own business he would have insisted on going out and minding other people's. Living in the days of aeroplanes, motors, telegraphy,
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