10/35 We talked war and hospital and local gossip for a while and then she seemed to take refuge at the piano. We had one red-letter day, when a sailor cousin of hers, fresh from the North Sea, came to luncheon and told us wonders of the Navy which we had barely imagined and did not dare to hope for. His tidings gave subject for many a talk. The former acquaintance of the elders of the two houses flamed into sudden friendship. From a remark artlessly let fall by Mrs.Boyce, I gathered that the old ladies were deliberately contriving such meetings. |