Kitchen hearthrug and cook's shoes ruined.
On Saturday the carpet was restored.

There had been plenty of time during the week to decide where it should be asked to go when they did get it back.
Mother had gone over to granny's, and had not taken the Lamb because he had a bad cough, which, cook repeatedly said, was whooping-cough as sure as eggs is eggs.
'But we'll take him out, a ducky darling,' said Anthea.

'We'll take him somewhere where you can't have whooping-cough.

Don't be so silly, Robert.

If he DOES talk about it no one'll take any notice.