"She's a regular genius for accounts.

I _can_ do it--but it's no joke." She brought the results to her employer at the end of the week.

"This is tentative," she said, "and I've allowed margins because I'm new to a business of this size.

But here's what this house ought to cost you--at the outside, and here's what it does cost you now." Mrs.Weatherstone was impressed.

"Aren't you a little--spectacular ?" she suggested.
Diantha went over it carefully; the number of rooms, the number of servants, the hours of labor, the amount of food and other supplies required.
"This is only preparatory, of course," she said.