CHAPTER XXI

gettheseSchlegelsinahurry.Aslongasthey’reontheirbestbehaviour—Dolly,areyoulistening?—we’llbehave,too.ButifIfindthemgivingthemselvesairsormonopolisingmyfather,oratallill-treatinghim,orworryinghimwiththeirartisticbeastliness,Iintendtoputmyfootdown,yes,firmly.Takingmymother’splace!HeavenknowswhatpooroldPaulwillsaywhenthenewsreacheshim.” Theinterludecloses.IthastakenplaceinCharles’sgardenatHilton.HeandDollyaresittingindeckchairs,andtheirmotorisregardingthemplacidlyfromitsgarageacrossthelawn.Ashort-frockededitionofCharlesalsoregardsthemplacidlyaperambulatoreditionissqueakingathirdeditionisexpectedshortly.NatureisturningoutWilcoxesinthispeacefulabode,sothattheymayinherittheearth.