13/59 You must be hungry after your walk." A manservant held the door open, and they all went in. That magic sun shone on the silver of the breakfast-table, and lit up the otherwise heavy room. Mrs.Lessing swung the cover of a silver dish and the eggs slipped in to boil. She touched a button on the table and sat down, just as Mr.Lessing came rather ponderously forward with a folded newspaper in his hand. |