Paula says that time, being so much more valuable now, must of course be cut up into smaller pieces.' 'She does not appear to be much impressed by the spirit of this ancient pile.' Miss De Stancy shook her head too slightly to express absolute negation.
'Do you wish to come through this door ?' she asked.

'There is a singular chimney-piece in the kitchen, which is considered a unique example of its kind, though I myself don't know enough about it to have an opinion on the subject.' When they had looked at the corbelled chimney-piece they returned to the hall, where his eye was caught anew by a large map that he had conned for some time when alone, without being able to divine the locality represented.

It was called 'General Plan of the Town,' and showed streets and open spaces corresponding with nothing he had seen in the county.
'Is that town here ?' he asked.
'It is not anywhere but in Paula's brain; she has laid it out from her own design.

The site is supposed to be near our railway station, just across there, where the land belongs to her.

She is going to grant cheap building leases, and develop the manufacture of pottery.' 'Pottery--how very practical she must be!' 'O no! no!' replied Miss De Stancy, in tones showing how supremely ignorant he must be of Miss Power's nature if he characterized her in those terms.