“Got a workshop?”
Vane flushed a little.
“Only a bit of a shed,” he said. “It was meant to be a cow-house, but uncle lets me have it to amuse myself in.”
“Show it to me,” said the visitor.
“Wouldn’t you rather come round the grounds to have a look at uncle’s fruit?” said Vane hurriedly.
“No. Why do you want to keep me out of your den?”
“Well, it’s so untidy.”
“Workshops generally are. Some other reason.”
“I have such a lot of failures,” said Vane hurriedly.
“Blunders and mistakes, I suppose, in things you have tried to make?”