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I had no heart to refuse Mrs. Palling's piteous appeal, but the demand is becoming so constant that, as she does not seem inclined to keep a supply herself, I feel I must for the future." "I am particularly glad she has gone out to-day, for all this week she has been occupied in the manufacture of a decoction of marigolds, which she assures me is a sovereign remedy against colds and chills.
Palling continued to look after me; the cooking is all done next door, and she saves me all trouble." "It was a stroke of genius this arrangement, I mean. How did you think of it?" "We are sitting in what corresponds to Mrs. Palling's wash-house," returned Isabella, laughing. "Only, I knocked the outside wall down, much to the dismay of the good lady and of the local carpenter whom I employed.
Palling's energetic polishing, a few pieces of cottage china and various trifles which spoke of travel in far lands these and a number of books formed all the furniture of the simple apartment.
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