"No"—as if her thoughts were elsewhere. "
"Would you like to have me come in and talk?" How tender that sounded!—talk!
"If you want to. "I'll be their substitute. And it’s no good pretending there is
one when there isn’t. And what's more, I promise to abide by his decision. Instead of English villas and cottages there
were chalets and Italian-built houses shining white; there were lakes of emerald
and sapphire and clustering castles, and such sweeps of hill and mountain, such
shining uplands of snow, as she had never seen before. ‘I know her, ma’am, but I know next to nothing of her story. "Thanks. Saws,
hammers, planes, axes, augers, adzes, chisels, gimblets, and an endless variety of
tools were ranged, like a stand of martial weapons at an armoury, in racks
against the walls. ’
***
Mrs Chalkney, a long-time friend of the late Mrs Alderley, had been delighted to
oblige that lady’s son. “I’ve got bad faults.
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