Chapter 36

“Thank heaven, you are not, my dear,” he answered smiling. “Sit down and talk to me.” She was glad to do it. He asked her questions and she told him about her life in the old house in Annapolis and in that other old house in Washington Square. She told him about the sale, and about the things his wife had bought. She told him about the Dutch spoons, and her roistering ancestor. She told him about the Bronze Knight on the stairs and about little Roger. She told him about the primrose cat and the little Scotch dog wh…