On the blank space beneath the drawing were a few comments, lightly pencilled.
Having finished and addressed some half a dozen brief letters, Mrs.
Baske brooded for several minutes before she began to write on the next sheet of paper.

It was intended for her sister-in-law, a lady of middle age, who shared in the occupancy of Redheck House.

At length she penned the introductory formula, but again became absent, and sat gazing at the branches of a pine-tree which stood in strong relief against cloudless blue.

A sigh, an impatient gesture, and she went on with her task.
"It is very kind of you to be so active in attending to the things which you know I have at heart.

You say I shall find everything as I could wish it on my return, but you cannot think what a stranger to Bartles I already feel.