14/48 The call Mrs.Comstock had intended to utter never found voice, for as Elnora looked down at the sound, "Possibly I could get that for you," suggested the man. He was a young man with a wonderfully attractive face, although it was too white for robust health, broad shoulders, and slender, upright frame. "It's quite a find! It's one of those lovely pale red cocoons described in the books. I suspect it comes from having been in a dark place and screened from the weather." "Is that so ?" cried the man. |