“How on earth are we to return their hospitality? I’ve been wondering ever since we went to Scoatney. Dinner’s impossible — with no dining-room furniture. Could we manage a picnic lunch?” “No, we couldn’t,” said Rose, “we’d only make a mess of it. Leave them alone — let them run after us.” She went off upstairs. Topaz said: “Don’t blame her too much — the first time girls feel their power it often takes them like that.” Then she yawned so much that I left her to finish her nap.
