The Secret Staircase (A Wendover House Mystery book 1)
“Ben admired the drapes I’d been beating and helped me carry them in and hang the bed curtains in my room. I was glad he was there because it would have taken me a while to figure out how to remove the rods which were cleverly fitted into the finials.
We had some pie and then Ben gave me the name of the electrician who had worked on his house. We were, as my grandmother would have said, getting on like a house afire. Ben asked if he might go through my library one day and I said he was welcome.
...I called Harris as soon as Ben left. Remembering Grandma’s other adage about honey catching more flies than vinegar, I buried my annoyance and kept everything upbeat, expressing my enthusiasm for modern light bulbs over quaint oil lamps. Harris didn’t try to dissuade me, but I sensed a lack of zeal and I could hear him pacing up and down his narrow office as we talked. He did point out the expense. I countered with the argument of convenience. I didn’t mention how much a buyer would like having electricity, just kept it to a discussion of how much easier it would be for me to live on the island if I had a computer and coffee maker.MoreLess
We had some pie and then Ben gave me the name of the electrician who had worked on his house. We were, as my grandmother would have said, getting on like a house afire. Ben asked if he might go through my library one day and I said he was welcome.
...I called Harris as soon as Ben left. Remembering Grandma’s other adage about honey catching more flies than vinegar, I buried my annoyance and kept everything upbeat, expressing my enthusiasm for modern light bulbs over quaint oil lamps. Harris didn’t try to dissuade me, but I sensed a lack of zeal and I could hear him pacing up and down his narrow office as we talked. He did point out the expense. I countered with the argument of convenience. I didn’t mention how much a buyer would like having electricity, just kept it to a discussion of how much easier it would be for me to live on the island if I had a computer and coffee maker.MoreLess
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