Then we shall all take a vacation.

You will join us as you are; that is, of course, if you are not too busy with your own affairs." "Never too busy to be of service to you, Miss Killigrew.

I'm only scribbling." "A book ?"--interestedly.
"Bally rot, possibly.

Would you like to read it ?"--one of the best inspirations he had ever had.

He was not one of those silly individuals who hem and haw when some one discovers they have the itch for writing, whose sole aim is to have the secret dragged out of them, with hypocritical reluctance.
"May I ?" Her friendly aloofness fell away from her as if touched by magic.