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"
Well
,
dear
,
you
know
,
my
father
’
s
rather
old
-
fashioned
,
and
there
are
some
things
he
can
’
t
be
expected
to
understand
.
Of
course
I
don
’
t
want
you
to
tell
a
lie
or
anything
like
that
,
but
I
think
it
would
seem
rather
funny
to
him
if
he
knew
your
father
was
a
vet
.
When
I
wrote
and
asked
if
I
could
bring
you
down
I
said
he
was
a
doctor
.
"
"
Oh
,
that
’
s
all
right
.
"
Julia
found
the
Colonel
a
much
less
alarming
person
than
she
had
expected
.
He
was
thin
and
rather
small
,
with
a
lined
face
and
close
-
cropped
white
hair
.
His
features
had
a
worn
distinction
.
He
reminded
you
of
a
head
on
an
old
coin
that
had
been
in
circulation
too
long
.
He
was
civil
,
but
reserved
.
He
was
neither
peppery
nor
tyrannical
as
Julia
,
from
her
knowledge
of
the
stage
,
expected
a
colonel
to
be
.
She
could
not
imagine
him
shouting
out
words
of
command
in
that
courteous
,
rather
cold
voice
.
He
had
in
point
of
fact
retired
with
honorary
rank
after
an
entirely
undistinguished
career
,
and
for
many
years
had
been
content
to
work
in
his
garden
and
play
bridge
at
his
club
.
He
read
The
Times
,
went
to
church
on
Sunday
and
accompanied
his
wife
to
tea
-
parties
.
Mrs
.
Gosselyn
was
a
tall
,
stoutish
,
elderly
woman
,
much
taller
than
her
husband
,
who
gave
you
the
impression
that
she
was
always
trying
to
diminish
her
height
.
She
had
the
remains
of
good
looks
,
so
that
you
said
to
yourself
that
when
young
she
must
have
been
beautiful
.
She
wore
her
hair
parted
in
the
middle
with
a
bun
on
the
nape
of
her
neck
.
Her
classic
features
and
her
size
made
her
at
first
meeting
somewhat
imposing
,
but
Julia
quickly
discovered
that
she
was
very
shy
.
Her
movements
were
stiff
and
awkward
.
She
was
dressed
fussily
,
with
a
sort
of
old
-
fashioned
richness
which
did
not
suit
her
.
Julia
,
who
was
entirely
without
self
-
consciousness
,
found
the
elder
woman
’
s
deprecating
attitude
rather
touching
.
She
had
never
known
an
actress
to
speak
to
and
did
not
quite
know
how
to
deal
with
the
predicament
in
which
she
now
found
herself
.
The
house
was
not
at
all
grand
,
a
small
detached
stucco
*
house
in
a
garden
with
a
laurel
hedge
,
and
since
the
Gosselyns
had
been
for
some
years
in
India
there
were
great
trays
of
brass
ware
and
brass
bowls
,
pieces
of
Indian
embroidery
and
highly
-
carved
Indian
tables
.
It
was
cheap
bazaar
stuff
,
and
you
wondered
how
anyone
had
thought
it
worth
bringing
home
.
Julia
was
quick
-
witted
.
It
did
not
take
her
long
to
discover
that
the
Colonel
,
notwithstanding
his
reserve
,
and
Mrs
.
Gosselyn
,
notwithstanding
her
shyness
,
were
taking
stock
of
her
.
The
thought
flashed
through
her
mind
that
Michael
had
brought
her
down
for
his
parents
to
inspect
her
.
Why
?
There
was
only
one
possible
reason
,
and
when
she
thought
of
it
her
heart
leaped
.
She
saw
that
he
was
anxious
for
her
to
make
a
good
impression
.
She
felt
instinctively
that
she
must
conceal
the
actress
,
and
without
effort
,
without
deliberation
,
merely
because
she
felt
it
would
please
,
she
played
the
part
of
the
simple
,
modest
,
ingenuous
girl
who
had
lived
a
quiet
country
life
.
She
walked
round
the
garden
with
the
Colonel
and
listened
intelligently
while
he
talked
of
peas
and
asparagus
;
she
helped
Mrs
.
Gosselyn
with
the
flowers
and
dusted
the
ornaments
with
which
the
drawing
-
room
was
crowded
.
She
talked
to
her
of
Michael
.
She
told
her
how
cleverly
he
acted
and
how
popular
he
was
and
she
praised
his
looks
.
She
saw
that
Mrs
.
Gosselyn
was
very
proud
of
him
,
and
with
a
flash
of
intuition
saw
that
it
would
please
her
if
she
let
her
see
,
with
the
utmost
delicacy
,
as
though
she
would
have
liked
to
keep
it
a
secret
but
betrayed
herself
unwittingly
,
that
she
was
head
over
ears
in
love
with
him
.
"
Of
course
we
hope
he
’
ll
do
well
,
"
said
Mrs
.
Gosselyn
.
"
We
didn
’
t
much
like
the
idea
of
his
going
on
the
stage
;
you
see
,
on
both
sides
of
the
family
,
we
’
re
army
,
but
he
was
set
on
it
.
"
"
Yes
,
of
course
I
see
what
you
mean
.
"
"
I
know
it
doesn
’
t
mean
so
much
as
when
I
was
a
girl
,
but
after
all
he
was
born
a
gentleman
.
"
"
Oh
,
but
some
very
nice
people
go
on
the
stage
nowadays
,
you
know
.
It
’
s
not
like
in
the
old
days
.
"
