"Oh, yes; very much. Nothing could be nicer. Only I am afraid it's expensive." This was a subject on which Caroline could talk to him.
"Not particularly," said Sir Henry. "Of course one can't get a house in London for nothing. I shall have rather a bargain of that if I can pay the money down. The great thing is whether you like it."
"I was charmed with it. I never saw prettier drawing-rooms—never. And the bedrooms for a London house are so large and airy."
"Did you go into the dining-room?"
"Oh, yes; I went in."
"There's room for four-and-twenty, is there not?"
"Well, I don't know. I can't give an opinion about that. You could have three times that number at supper."
"I'm not thinking of suppers; but I'm sure you could. Kitchen's convenient, eh?"
"Very—so at least aunt Mary said."
"And now about the furniture. You can give me two or three days in town, can't you?"