I hope I didn't seem rude." Lady Agatha smiled.

She had flushed delicately, and took up in her slim hand a skein of the white wool.
"There are some people who are never rude," she sweetly said, "and you are one of them, I am sure.

That knitting looks nice.

I wonder if I could make a comforter for a deep-sea fisherman." "If it would amuse you to try," Emily answered, "I will begin one for you.

Lady Maria has several pairs of wooden needles.