The house was too new to be comfortable. It was like having to spend a lot of time with a person you didn’t know very well. And I missed the way it used to be when there was no roof yet and the underflooring was littered with shavings and bent nails and pieces of wood I could almost but not quite think what to do with. Now there was nothing on the floor but rugs and you couldn’t do daring things because if you did you might leave a mark on the wallpaper.
