4/18 We will keep that until you take up your quarters at the Crow's Nest. We generally have one big affair before the summer is over, and then our friends come down from town, and we have to commandeer all the carriages in the place to meet the train. Elizabeth calls it 'The Templeton's Bean-feast.'" "Yes, I see," and Malcolm forced a smile at the little joke. "We are only asking about five-and-twenty people. We shall have tea in the hall--it is the coolest place in this weather--and there will be two or three sets of tennis, and croquet for those who like it. |