Chapter 16 THE PASSING OF OLIVIA

Bates brought a great log and rolled it upon exactly the right spot on the andirons, and a great constellation of sparks thronged up the chimney. The old relic of a house-I called the establishment by many names, but this was, I think, my favorite-could be heated in all its habitable parts, as Bates had demonstrated. The halls were of glacial tempe