“I’vetakenituponmyself，Mr。Ambrose，“shesaid，“topromisethatyouwillbesokindastogiveMrs。Flushingthebenefitofyourexperience。I’msurenoonehereknowsthecountryaswellasyoudo。Noonetakessuchwonderfullongwalks。Noone，I’msure，hasyourencyclopaedicknowledgeuponeverysubject。
Mr。WilfridFlushingisacollector。Hehasdiscoveredreallybeautifulthingsalready。Ihadnonotionthatthepeasantsweresoartistic——
thoughofcourseinthepast——“
“Notoldthings——newthings，“interruptedMrs。Flushingcurtly。
“Thatis，ifhetakesmyadvice。“