10/15 "I do not like you to speak in that joking way, if you please," she gravely said. "Sometimes I fancy a joke may cheat me out of a minute's care. I wish I was well, and away from this place. In London I shall have my hands full, and can rub off the rust of old grievances with hard work." "You will not like London better than Deerham." "I shall like it ten thousand times better," impulsively answered Lionel. "I have no longer a place in Deerham, Lucy. |