And I will come some day on purpose to tell you how the dishes that your brother likes, and you like, ought to be cooked to make them delicious, and you shall be able to tell any one how they should be done, and understand what is the matter with them if they are not done properly.

All this the lady of the house ought to know, and I can tell you anything you ask me, for there is nothing about cooking that I do not thoroughly understand; but I will not go upstairs now, and I will not detain you from your visitor.

I will take a turn in the grounds, and when the lady has gone, I will ask leave to speak with Mrs.Drane." With her head on one side, and her smile and her bow, La Fleur left the kitchen by the outer door.

She stepped quickly toward the barn, looking right and left as she walked.

She wished very much to see Mike, and presently she had that pleasure.