The dinner last night was very good, too." "Oh, don't mention that, sir," said La Fleur, who had risen the moment she saw him, and now stood with her head on one side, her eyes cast down, and a long smile on her face.

"That dinner was nothing to what I shall give you when Miss Miriam has sent for some things from the town which I want.

And as for the steak, I beg you will not judge me until I have got for myself the cuts I want from the butcher.

Then you shall see, sir, what I can do for you.

In a beautiful home like this, Mr.Haverley, the cooking should be of the noblest and best." Ralph laughed.
"So long as you stay with us, La Fleur," he said, "I am sure Cobhurst will have all it deserves in that respect." "Thank you very much, sir," she said, dropping a little courtesy.