roses it is not necessary to set down.

[XV]

After a vituperative half-hour or so Mr. Woods was hungry. He came

back toward Selwoode; and upon the terrace in front of the house he

found Kathleen Saumarez.

During the warm weather, one corner of the terrace had been converted,

by means of gay red-and-white awnings, into a sort of living-room.

There were chairs, tables, sofa-cushions, bowls of roses, and any

number of bright-coloured rugs. Altogether, it was a cosy place,

and the glowing hues of its furnishings were very becoming to Mrs.