With sore hearts, the two shy little old maids watched their steady progress, and speculated as to what fashion of neighbors chance would bring into the little nook which had always been their own.
And at last they were all three finished.

Wooden balconies and overhanging eaves had been added to them, so that, in the language of the advertisement, there were vacant three eligible Swiss-built villas, with sixteen rooms, no basement, electric bells, hot and cold water, and every modern convenience, including a common tennis lawn, to be let at L100 a year, or L1,500 purchase.

So tempting an offer did not long remain open.

Within a few weeks the card had vanished from number one, and it was known that Admiral Hay Denver, V.C., C.B., with Mrs.Hay Denver and their only son, were about to move into it.

The news brought peace to the hearts of the Williams sisters.