Glancing at his hand, in case any of Freddy's chemicals had come off on it, he moved to the writing table. There he saw " Dear Mrs. Vyse, " followed by many erasures.
We all admired the writing table and Lady Hodmarsh, when she thought no one was looking, ran her fingers along its under edge to see if it was genuine. Mrs. Driffield gave us a quick, bright smile.
" Do so. Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner" . He waddled to the writing table. But when he heard the door open, he turned back and said, " Uncle" ?
" To hear is to obey. Who says I'm a 'frivolous idler' now" ? And Charlie sat down at the writing table with alacrity, for these hours in the little room were his best and happiest.
He had special trouble with the writing table, which would not fit into the recess in the wall assigned for it; but Insarov, with the silent persistence peculiar to him succeeded in getting his own way with it.