6/32 Don't be careless and leave this note lying about, for the under-footman who waits upon you reads all the letters. Smith the butler is the only respectable man in this house." Alan laughed outright as he finished this peculiar and outspoken epistle, which somehow revived his spirits, that since the previous day had been low enough. It was like a breath of frosty air from an open window blowing clean and cold into a scented, overheated room. |