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She told Peter that he ought to keep his
champagne on ice. "That champagne will spoil if it isn't kept on ice."
She complained because some bottles of Burgundy had dust on them.
"That's not merely untidy," she said, "but it's bad for the wine. It
ought to be stood on end, so that the sediment can settle." She
criticised the fact that a brace of canvas-backs were on ice. "All your
game should be hung," she said. She put her finger or her eyes into
every drawer and cupboard, and found nothing to praise. She was
absolutely grave over it, but before long Peter saw the joke and entered
into it. It was wonderful how good some of the things that she touched
tasted later.
Then they went into Peter's sleeping-room, Leonore said it was very
ordinary, but promptly found two things to interest her.
"Do you take care of your window flowers?"
"No, Mrs. Costell comes down to lunch with me once a week, and potters
with them. She keeps all the windows full of flowers--perhaps you have
noticed them in the other rooms, as well?"
"Yes.


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