13/30 It only concerns Mrs.Hare." "Is it something you have brought for mamma, Archibald ?" "Of course. A countryman's visit to London entails buying presents for his friends; at least, it used to be so, in the old-fashioned days." "When people made their wills before starting, and were a fortnight doing the journey in a wagon," laughed Barbara. "Grandpapa used to tell us tales of that, when we were children. But is it really something for mamma ?" "Don't I tell you so? |