\"No, Madame,\" was the reply. \"Nothing of that sort anywhere in the neighbourhood.\"
\"But are you sure?\" she persisted sweetly. \"They say that even a pan of water is enough if it's allowed to stand.\"
\"Well, there's an old well down at the foot of the front lawn,\" he said good-humouredly. \"But I hardly think the insects could breed there, because it's twenty feet down to the water.\"
\"Still I'd like to look at it,\" said Mme. Storey. \"If you wouldn't mind.\"
\"No, Madame,\" was the reply. \"Nothing of that sort anywhere in the neighbourhood.\"
\"But are you sure?\" she persisted sweetly. \"They say that even a pan of water is enough if it's allowed to stand.\"
\"Well, there's an old well down at the foot of the front lawn,\" he said good-humouredly. \"But I hardly think the insects could breed there, because it's twenty feet down to the water.\"
\"Still I'd like to look at it,\" said Mme. Storey. \"If you wouldn't mind.\"
