... I'm afraid
you've got yourself rather dusty.'
'Oh no; it will brush off.'
'I shall hang this picture over the fireplace; it will look very well
there. I daresay you don't see anything in it, but I'd sooner have these
pictures than those down-stairs. I love the picture of the windmill on the
first landing----'
'Then why not have it? I'll have it taken down at once.'
'No; I could not think of taking it. How would the landing look without it?
I should miss it dreadfully when I came here--for I daresay you will ask us
to visit you occasionally, when you are lonely, won't you?'
'My dear Emily, whenever you like, I hope you will come here.'
'And you will come and stay with us in London? Your room will be always
ready; I'll look after that. We shall feel very offended, indeed, if you
ever think of going to an hotel. Of course, you mustn't expect much; we
shall only be able to keep one servant, but we shall try to make you
comfortable, and, when you come, you'll take me to the theatres, to see one
of your own plays.'
'If my play's being played, certainly. But would it be right for me to pay
you visits in London?'
'They would be very wicked people indeed who saw anything wrong in it; you
are my cousin.
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