I thought nobody talked of serviettes outside Wells and Arnold Bennett.

Mrs.
Duff-Whalley rescued me in the nick of time before I could do anything desperate, and then _she_ cross-examined me as to my reasons for coming to Priorsford." Jean laughed.

"What a cheery afternoon! But it will be all right to-day.
Mrs.Hope never sees more than one or two people at a time.

She is pretty old, you see, and frail, though she has such an extraordinary gift of being young.

I do hope you will like each other.