9/42 We have caused you, I fear, much inconvenience.' Richard found himself envying the form and tone of this deliverance; he gathered his beard in his hands and gave it a tug. 'I am very comfortable here. A bedroom and a place for work, that's about all I want.' Hubert barely smiled. He wondered whether the mention of work was meant to suggest comparisons. He hastened to add-- 'On Monday we hope to leave the Manor.' 'No need whatever for hurry,' observed Mutimer, good-humouredly. |