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"It's all right, Olivia,"Telemachus assured her. "Mummy says we can still stay

over for Christmas on our way back. You just have to stay in the porter's lodge

and take your meals there."



Olivia did not choose to acknowledge her ladyship's generosity with more than a
snort of her thin nostrils. "Couldn't spare us the motor, I see," she said with

pointed bitterness.



"No need for it, really. Greater Ambrose isn't all that far from here. Walking

distance, Mummy says."



"Don't make me laugh,Tilly ! It's supposed to lie smack in the bosom of a bally

mountain range. Do you see any mountains?." She threw her arms wide.



Telemachusadmitted he did not.



"Besides, you were brought up here. Do you even recall anyone mentioning

mountains in the area?"



"N-no."



"Nor a village called Greater AmbroseSurlesard either, I'll be bound."



"True, true."



"Well, then!" Olivia concluded, triumphant. "Let's be charitable, and assume