When she faced round again, her eyes were smiling though her lip trembled a little.
"How bright you keep everything here!" said Honoria.
"There's plenty of sand to scour with; it's bad for the garden though." "Don't you grow any flowers ?" "I planted a few pansies the first year; they came from my home up in Devonshire.

But the sand covered them.

It covers everything." She smiled, and asked suddenly, "May I kiss you ?" "Of course you may," said Honoria.

But she blushed as Humility did it, and they both laughed shyly.
"Hullo!" cried Taffy from the foot of the stairs.

Honoria moved to the window.