7/12 What troubles me is that I have been wasting yours, when you ought to have been out at play in the sun." "Please don't mention that," said Corona politely. "It has been fun enough watching you frowning and tapping your fingers, and writing something down and scratching it out the next moment. What is it all about, Uncle Copas ?" "It--er--is called the _Pervigilium Veneris_; that's to say _The Vigil of Venus_. But I suppose that conveys nothing to you ?" He thrust his spectacles high on his forehead and smiled at her vaguely across the table. |