2/25 No, don't worry, only Anno Domini--you'll come to it some day. How delightfully you are settled!" They had entered the cosey sitting-room and Jack was helping with his coat; Parkins, with his nose in the air (he had heard his master's criticism), having already placed his hat on a side table and the umbrella in the corner. "Ah! books ?" and he peered at a row on the mantel. "Macaulay, I see, and here's Poe: Good, very good--why, certainly it is--Where did you get this Morland ?" and again Peter's glasses went up. "Through that door is your bedroom--yes, and the bath. |