"Now let's be sensible, Lou," he said, sitting back a little further
in the chair, relieved to find that she was at least willing to
tolerate his presence,--a matter on which he was in some doubt when
he entered the room. There were times when he was not quite certain
whether he or she was the brains of the family. "We'll probably have
a wireless from Maud before long. Then we'll have something tangible
to discuss. By the way, did I tell you that I've ordered some Dutch
architects from Berlin to go--"
"The Dutch are from Holland," she said wearily.
"--to go over to Growstock and give me a complete estimate on
repairing and remodelling the royal castle? I dare say we'll have to
do a good deal to the place. It's several hundred years old and must
require a lot of conveniences. Such as bath-rooms, electric lights,
steam heating appar--"
"Better make haste slowly, Will," she said, and he ought to have been
warned by the light in her eye. "You are taking a great deal for
granted, aren't you?"
"It's got to be fixed up some time, so we might just as well do it in
the beginning," said he, failing utterly to grasp her meaning.
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