the chief servant of this household. How ridiculous to pretend that you did not know of the existence of this passage. Why, who sweeps it?\"
He spread out his hands in gesture of surrender. \"Madame, you must pardon me. A good servant never betrays the private affairs of his master. The habit of years was too strong to be broken.\"
I thought it rather a neat apology.
\"You're forgiven,\" said Mme. Storey, cheerfully. \"Now tell me the history of this passage.\"
the chief servant of this household. How ridiculous to pretend that you did not know of the existence of this passage. Why, who sweeps it?\"
He spread out his hands in gesture of surrender. \"Madame, you must pardon me. A good servant never betrays the private affairs of his master. The habit of years was too strong to be broken.\"
I thought it rather a neat apology.
\"You're forgiven,\" said Mme. Storey, cheerfully. \"Now tell me the history of this passage.\"
