"Is this your first peep
into my domain?"
"Yes, and I think it the pleasantest room in the house. Who planned it, and
invented such contrivances?" glancing approvingly at the adjustable shelves
which Dexie disclosed by shoving aside what appeared to be a panel in the
wall. "We must have our kitchen just like this."
Ignoring his last remark, except by a blush, Dexie answered:
"I have to thank papa for the liberty I enjoy in this room; but for him I
should have had the usual bare walls and no conveniences whatever. If you
had seen all the newspaper articles I read up, giving the experience of
practical housekeepers, you would not wonder at the change which, with the
help of a carpenter, I made in this room. I am monarch of all I survey in
this part of the house, as mamma does not care how many experiments go on
here as long as everything is satisfactory that comes out of it."
All pleasant things come to an end, and the early breakfast in the kitchen
was no exception to the rule; but it remained a bright spot in the memory
of both, and in after-years was often referred to.
A few minutes later Guy left the house, and, for the first time, he left it
contented and happy, the sweet "Good-bye" in the hall being in strong
contrast to the usual curt dismissal that had fallen to his lot hitherto
when Dexie showed him out.
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