"Never mind, you and Milly go home. I'll just go on and fetch it."
They parted at the front door.
"Don't be long," Elizabeth called after her.
Joan waved her hand. Half an hour later she was back with the wool. In the hall Mrs. Ogden met her.
"My darling!"
"Here it is, Mother."
"But, my darling, it's not the same thickness!"
"Not the same——" Joan was tired.
"It won't do at all, dearest, you must ask for double Berlin."
"But I did!"