“Surely you agree?”
But Freddy was his mother's son and felt that one ought not to go on spoiling the furniture.
“Pictures!” the clergyman continued, scrambling about the room. “Giotto — they got that at Florence, I'll be bound.”
“The same as Lucy's got.”
“Oh, by-the-by, did Miss Honeychurch enjoy London?”
“She came back yesterday.”
“I suppose she had a good time?”
“Yes, very,” said Freddy, taking up a book. “She and Cecil are thicker than ever.”
“That's good hearing.”