THE BURNING OF THE BUNGALOW He went in and had tiffin with them in the hanging garden.

Deppingham was surly and preoccupied.

Drusilla Browne was unusually vivacious.

At best, she was not volatile; her greatest accomplishment lay in the ability to appreciate what others had to say.

This in itself is a treat so unusual that one feels like commending the woman who carries it to excess.
Her husband, aside from a natural anxiety, was the same blithe optimist as ever.