“ Good gracious me ,” he said. “ How absolutely fascinating.” He turned away from the dog and stared with deep admiration at the little women beside him on the sofa. “It must be most awfully difficult to do a thing like that.”
“ Not in the least,” she said. “ I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away. Will you have another up of tea”
“No, thank you,” Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.”
“You did sign the book, didn’t you?”
“Oh, yes.”