8/40 That was the amazing thing which had by now begun to set all tongues wagging. Sir Henry Chicksands, meeting Mrs.Gaddesden at the station, had poured himself out to her. 'That extraordinary young woman your father has got hold of, is simply transforming the whole place. The farmers on the whole like her very much. But if they don't like her, they're _afraid of her_! For Heaven's sake don't let her kill herself with over-work. |