7/26 It was as though hand had fitted into glove. You come to Glenfernie to-morrow and I'll show you a place that's all mine. It's the room in the old keep. I've books there and apples and nuts and curiosities. There's a big fireplace, and my father's let me build a furnace besides, and I've kettles and crucibles and pans and vials--" "What for ?" Alexander paused and gazed at Ian, then gave into his keeping the great secret. |