Go on! Tell me some more about Mrs.Briggs! Did she give you any of that filthy concoction she calls rhubarb wine ?" "It isn't filthy! It's delicious," declared Olga.

"You can't have tasted it." "Oh, yes, I had some the day the old woman died.

In fact, I was trying to sleep off the effects that afternoon, when you caught me in Uncle Nick's library.

It's horribly strong stuff.

I suppose that is what made you so late for luncheon ?" "Indeed, it wasn't! We went to the Priory before coming home." "Oh! What for ?" "Some things Violet wanted." "What things ?" said Max.
She looked at him in surprise.