Crofton.
I hope you don't mind lobster? When I first came to Old Place, almost the
first thing I learnt was that it was celebrated for its lobster pie!
Since the War we have not been able to afford lobsters, but a kind friend
sent us six from Littlehampton yesterday, so I at once thought of our
dear old lobster pie!"
Mrs. Crofton declared that, far from minding, she adored lobsters! And
then after she had been served, Timmy's fears were set at rest, for his
mother, very improperly the rest of the family thought, served him next,
and to a generous helping.
As the meal went on, the mistress of Old Place realised that she had made
one mistake about Mrs. Crofton; their visitor was far more intelligent,
though in a mean, rather narrow way, than she had at first supposed.
Also, Mrs. Crofton was certainly very attractive. As the talk turned to
London doings, his step-mother was amused to notice that Jack was becoming
interested in their guest, and eagerly discussed with her a play they had
both seen.
And the visitor herself? During supper she began to feel most pleasantly
at home, and when she walked into the long, high-ceilinged sitting-room,
which had such a cosy, homelike look she told herself that it was no
wonder Godfrey Radmore liked the delightful old house, and these kindly,
old-fashioned, and--and unsuspicious people.
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