Of course, you will have to consult me a good deal as you go along, so I think it would be better for you to come and stay here while the work is progressing.

Mrs.Ryder can give you a suite of rooms to yourself, where you will be undisturbed and you will have all your material close at hand.

What do you say ?" Shirley was silent for a moment.

She looked first at Ryder and then at his son, and from them her glance went to the little drawer on the left-hand side of the desk.

Then she said quietly: "As you think best, Mr.Ryder.I am quite willing to do the work here." Ryder, Sr., escorted her to the top of the landing and watched her as she passed down the grand staircase, ushered by the gorgeously uniformed flunkies, to the front door and the street..