"That is the kind of thing I would like to do myself," said Carol Mayne.
"Now, Miss Lutwyche, is the house rising before your mind's eye?" cried Lance, pleased at the intense interest created by the scheme.
"Not yet," said Melicent; but her eyes were dreamy. "What kind of people were your forbears?" she asked the Captain.
"Merely yeomanry," he answered, "and wholly Philistine; people with one eye."
"And do you want the house to resemble them in tone?" she asked, smiling at his allusion.
"No. I want it to be the typical house that is in your mind; the house you would live in, if you could choose."
She laughed.
"Take care! You don't know how lordly my ideas may be! You will have to bring them down to the level of estimates."
"Do you want the thing put in hand at once?" asked Helston.
"Yes, I do. I should like Miss Lutwyche to come down and look at the site before I go to Ilbersdale for Easter."