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Sir Robert and his wife heaved a silent sigh of relief. That any window given by Mr. Adams would be quite out of place in the Cathedral they had no doubt, even as they had no doubt that his benefactions were his protest against E.P.T.; but chiefly did they wish not to become socially embroiled with that gentleman who, finding that they had an only daughter, had talked a good deal of his own, now in her last term at the Hosiers' Girls' Foundation School, temporarily housed at Harefield Park.

"I'll carry your suitcase, mummy," said Anne, gently but forcibly wresting it from her mother's grasp. It was only a small affair, for the Fieldings kept at Hall's End such clothes as would be useful and only brought a few extras with them when they came.

"Carefully then," said Lady Fielding. "There's something in it for you," which made Anne flush with pleasure.

When they got to Hall's End they found Miss Bunting in the drawing-room and tea spread.

"Anne, dear," said Miss Bunting, "will you get the teapot from the kitchen and the hot-water jug. Gradka," she explained to her employers, "does not wish to be seen till after dinner, when she says she will come in and receive the compliments of your guests before she begins her evening studies. It is, I understand, a Mixo-Lydian custom."