I always walk before breakfast in the country." "There is no better time," I answered.
"You look as though you had been up all night," she remarked.
"I had work to finish," I told her.
She nodded.
"So you would have none of my advice, Mr.Secretary," she said softly, coming a little nearer to me.

"You are already installed." "Already at work," I asserted.
She glanced towards the "Brand." "I hope that you are comfortable," she said.

"A couple of hours is short notice in which to make a place habitable." "Grooton is a magician," I told her.

"He has arranged everything." "He is a wonderful servant," she said thoughtfully.
A white-winged bird floated over our heads and drifted away skywards.
She followed it with her eyes.
"You wonder at seeing me so early," she murmured.

"Don't you think that it is worth while?
Nothing ever seems so sweet as this first morning breeze." I bowed gravely.