"You have a cat then?"
"Oh, yes, and a lizard. The cat is named Hotspur because he always finds out the warmest places and because he purrs. The lizard has not much personality. He lives in the greenhouse chiefly, but I like him. He is green and is named Signor Verdi."
"I shall love to see them all," said Anita, well pleased with this original sort of cousin, and beginning to feel that there were interests here as well as in Spain.
"Have you been to the cathedral and have you seen the Market Cross and the almshouses? But, of course, you have," said Lillian.
"But of course we haven't, for we came only yesterday," Anita told her.
"To be sure. I forgot that. You won't want to be getting on too fast this morning if you walk to Borton this afternoon. Perhaps you will be staying all night with us. That would be jolly, and we could do something to-morrow. There is quite a bit that is interesting in Sussex, at least we think so. Shall we do the cathedral this morning, or not?"
"Oh, let us go by all means," decided Anita. "It is not far and we have a particular interest in it because of my brother."
"Your brother? Oh, yes, tell me about him as we go along. I know it is a most interesting tale. Granny said so, and she is quite excited over it."
Anita and her mother went off to get their hats, leaving Lillian playing with the dogs till they should be ready. This being but a matter of a few moments they were on their way sooner than they had looked to be, and took this occasion to tell of their experiences to a most attentive listener.
"My word!" exclaimed Lillian, stopping short when they reached the cathedral. "I can't go in till you have told me the rest. I never in all my life met anyone who had gone through such marvelous experiences. I might live forever in our little town and the most that would ever happen would be a marriage or a garden party. It is a wildly exciting event to go to London, and the height of felicity to spend a week at Littlehampton in the summer. I must tell the boys about you. They'll have you a heroine at once."