'The rooms are excellent, twice as high as ours; and the views from the windows are so lovely.' 'I daresay, I daresay,' he said absently.
'Will all the furniture be new ?' she asked.
'All the furniture be new--that's a thing I have not thought of.

In fact I only come here and look on.

My father's house would have been large enough for me, but another person had a voice in the matter, and it was settled that we should build.

However, the place grows upon me; its recent associations are cheerful, and I am getting to like it fast.' A certain uneasiness in Lucy's manner showed that the conversation was taking too personal a turn for her.

'Still, as modern tastes develop, people require more room to gratify them in,' she said, withdrawing to call the children; and serenely bidding him good afternoon she went on her way.
Barnet's life at this period was singularly lonely, and yet he was happier than he could have expected.