"Whatever for?"
"To divide it. John likes a place to himself; we want to make it into two rooms. It has two windows, and so we are going to make ourselves cosy."
"Oh, Hugh, I do not know of any curtain; I really think it will have to wait till mother comes."
"But we wanted to do it to-day. Don't you think you know of anything?"
She shook her head.
"Not an old table-cloth, or a couple of done-with window curtains?"
"I do not know in the least, and I should not like to search in mother's stores."
"She wouldn't mind."
"She might. Oh, Hugh dear, it must wait."
"Very well," answered Hugh, looking disappointed.