It was a curiously entertaining morning and the feeling of wandering about in the same house with other people but at the same time feeling as if one were miles away from them was a fascinating thing.
"I'm glad we came," Colin said.

"I never knew I lived in such a big queer old place.

I like it.

We will ramble about every rainy day.

We shall always be finding new queer corners and things." That morning they had found among other things such good appetites that when they returned to Colin's room it was not possible to send the luncheon away untouched.
When the nurse carried the tray down-stairs she slapped it down on the kitchen dresser so that Mrs.Loomis, the cook, could see the highly polished dishes and plates.
"Look at that!" she said.