"Do you mean one of the chairs in my bedroom ?" Mr.Tredgold nodded.

"Gave her rather a nasty fall," he said.

"I struck while the iron was hot, and went and made her an offer while she was still laid up from the effects of it.

It's the one standing against the wall; the other's all right, with proper care." Miss Drewitt, after a somewhat long interval, thanked him.
"You must have been very useful to my uncle," she said, slowly.

"I feel sure that he would never have bought chairs like those of his own accord." "He has been at sea all his life," said Mr.Tredgold, in extenuation, "You haven't seen him for a long time, have you ?" "Ten years," was the reply.
"He is delightful company," said Mr.Tredgold.