to fetch one of Tony's most luxurious garden chairs, feeling that for once the fates had not dealt unkindly with him when they put him in quarantine. Across the lawn towards him came Lallie, swinging a green silk bag. Across the lawn towards him came Lallie, swinging a green silk bag. "Do you like your feet up?" asked the gallant Cripps. "There's a piece that pulls out." "Do you like your feet up?" asked the gallant Cripps. "There's a piece that pulls out." "Thank you--it would be a pity to waste these shoes, wouldn't it?" "Thank you--it would be a pity to waste these shoes, wouldn't it?" And Lallie subsided into a long chair which supported her very pretty feet, shod in shiny shoes with buckles and Louis Quinze heels. From the green silk bag she drew forth a roll, which proved to be lace, and she began to sew diligently. And Lallie subsided into a long chair which supported her very pretty feet, shod in shiny shoes with buckles and Louis Quinze heels. From the green silk bag she drew forth a roll, which proved to be lace, and she began to sew diligently. "What pretty work!" said Cripps, drawing up his chair to face hers. "What pretty work!" said Cripps, drawing up his chair to face hers. "It's a strip of Limerick lace I'm making, and I've just got to a 'basket.' The light's good, so I thought I'd do it this morning." "It's a strip of Limerick lace I'm making, and I've just got to a 'basket.' The light's good, so I thought I'd do it this morning." "May I see it close?" asked Cripps, wishing she would look at him instead of at her lace, though black eyelashes resting on rounded cheeks are by no means a disagreeable prospect. "May I see it close?" asked Cripps, wishing she would look at him instead of at her lace, though black eyelashes resting on rounded cheeks are by no means a disagreeable prospect. This morning Lallie was not so pale. Her cheeks were never really rosy, but they were fresh, with a delicate, fault colour like the inside of certain shells. She held out the roll of work towards Cripps, and he took hold of one end while she
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