He did not like roughing it, and he did not think
it the least likely that his presence in the house would interfere with
her work. On the contrary, her work was likely to interfere with his
comfort. He was fond of his niece, but he disliked her habit of
reading passages from her MSS. aloud in the evenings. She was very
much absorbed in her novel-writing, and took her work with a
seriousness which struck the judge as ridiculous.
"I'll dine with you occasionally," he said, "but I shall put up at the
hotel. By the way, Milly, am I your tenant or are you mine? I left
all the arrangements in your hands."
"I took the house and the fishing," she said. "The agent man wouldn't
let one without the other; but you have to pay most of the rent. The
salmon are the really valuable part of the property, it appears."
"All right," said Sir Gilbert; "so long as the fishing is good I won't
quarrel with you over my share of the rent. The house would only have
been a nuisance to me. I should have had to bring over servants, and
that would have worried your aunt. Ah! Your time's up, I see.
Good-bye, Milly, good-bye. Take care of yourself, and don't get mixed
up with shady people in your search for originality.
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