"I want to begin to make some little clothes like these.

Do you think I can ?" "Well, my dear," answered Dowie composedly--no less so because it was past midnight and the stillness of moor and deserted castle rooms was like a presence in itself.

"I taught you to sew very neatly before you were twelve.

You liked to do it and you learned to make beautiful small stitches.

And Mademoiselle taught you to do fine embroidery.