The Willows At Christmas
“After the briefest but brightest of greetings, she hurried him through the kitchen and, holding a candle to light the way, up the narrow back stairs to the servants’ quarters above.The Mole was not in the habit of surreptitiously making his way to the private apartments of spinster ladies and was both amused and a touch embarrassed to find himself in such a situation. But so too, it seemed, was Miss Bugle.She bustled up the stairs with an urgency to her step that the Mole guessed came from the ...fear that if she for one moment hesitated she might not have courage to see her objective through.When they emerged at last into a corridor on the third floor and turned into the northern wing of the Hall, the Mole found himself so puffed that he had to pause to catch his breath. But Miss Bugle hurried him on till, at last, she brought him before a green door with a polished brass handle.“Sir,” said she with all due propriety, “I realise it is an unusual proceeding for a maiden lady to invite a bachelor into her rooms unchaperoned, but on this special day and in these special circumstances, and in view of what you indicated about your own desire to revive the Christmas spirit by creating some joint plan of action with myself, I feel — I am certain — I hope —”Her hand went to the handle, but did not yet turn it.MoreLess
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