13/18 We'll start a National Defence Insurance Company after the next panic.' 'During,' said Mr.Fenellan, and there was a flutter of laughter at the unobtrusive hint for seizing Dame England in the mood. 'You have not yet seen all I 've done there. And it 's a castle with a drawbridge: no exchangeing of visits, as we did at Craye Farm and at Creckholt; we are there for country air; we don't court neighbours at all--perhaps the elect; it will depend on Nataly's wishes. We can accommodate our Concert-set, and about thirty or forty more, for as long as they like. You see, that was my intention--to be independent of neighbouring society. |