Of course, why not GILDED!" He wrung his hands.
"'Somewhere people are happy.

Somewhere little children are at play--'" "Oh, hush!" she interrupted.

"I know it's bad; but we've always had it so, and I won't have it abused.

Let's go into the dining-room, anyway.
We'll sit in there after this.

We've always been stiff and constrained in here." They went out into the dining-room, and drew up a couple of armchairs into the bay window, and sat there looking out.