Much against his will, the little boy had had to bow to the edict that Flick should be shut up in the stable.

Dolly, who so seldom bothered about anything, had seen to this herself, because Mrs.Crofton, who was coming to supper, hated dogs.

Timmy inhospitably hoped that the new tenant of The Trellis House would very seldom honour Old Place with a visit.

It would be impossible for them always to hide Flick away like this! He moved further into the pretty, old-fashioned room.

Like most old-fashioned country drawing-rooms of the kind, it was rather over-full of furniture and ornaments.