She sent you her love and Susie will do the honours." His face brightened.

"That's all right.

But you gave me a shock.
Northlands without Barbara--" He shook his head.
We drove off.

The Chinese Puffhard excelled herself, and though she choked asthmatically did not really stop once until we were half way up the drive, when I abandoned her to the gardeners, who later on harnessed the donkey to her and pulled her into the motor-house.

We dismounted, however, in the drive.