"You and I were in absolute agreement."
"But you didn't say a word."
"No, there was no need. But when I tried the Sortes Virgilianæ this morning what do you think I stumbled on? Milton."
"Well?" said Patrick.
"Well, it opened at 'Samson Agonistes'!"
XLV
"I set out intending to pay you just a friendly call," said Aunt Agatha, "but coming through the shop downstairs I saw such a lot of books that now I'm going to be a client too. You see they gave me an idea. I'd quite forgotten what a lot of books there are in the world and how little I know of them. But now I think I really must try to know more, so I want you to find me a nice girl to read to me. A girl with a clear voice, mind. From half-past five to seven, I think. No, there are often callers then. From half-past two till tea. No, that's when I sometimes like a nap. In the morning, then. No, one mustn't be read to in the morning. Well, my dear, let it be after lunch then, and if I fall asleep now and again it doesn't really matter. But she mustn't read what they call bed books."
"I wonder if you really want me to get the girl at all," said Ben.