'And another time you will have the goodness to ascertain my wishes before taking upon yourself to put the tea into any room you choose to think fit.'
'Yes sir.'
She waited.
He waved.
She went.
'That'll teach her,' said Wemyss, looking refreshed by the encounter. 'If she thinks she's going to get out of bringing tea up here by putting it ready somewhere else she'll find she's mistaken. Aren't they a set? Aren't they a set, little Love?'
'I—don't know,' said Lucy nervously.
'You don't know!'
'I mean, I don't know them yet. How can I know them when I've only just come?'
'You soon will, then. A lazier set of careless, lying——'