25/123 Then with no transition of tone: "She has gone for a few days to Tishy Grendon." "In the country ?" "She stays with her to-night in Hill Street. They go down together to-morrow. Why hasn't Aggie been ?" Mrs.Brookenham went on. "Been where ?" "Why here, to see Nanda." "Here ?" the Duchess echoed, fairly looking again about the room. "When is Nanda ever here ?" "Ah you know I've given her a room of her own--the sweetest little room in the world." Mrs.Brookenham never looked so comparatively hopeful as when obliged to explain. |