Greenways

"Greenways" -- with a slender woman in white, like the one there moving about the paths.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

"Greenways" was smiling in the sunshine now as if it had never had such a garden guest as mist.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

But "Greenways" only showed dimly through a mist that was rolling through the garden, so imagination had to call up the offending figure of the would-be authoress.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

In ten minutes "Greenways" lay still and peaceful once more among its trees, as if no Serenade had ever troubled its repose.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

Then it occurred to him "Greenways" might have seen the red end of a cigar on the "Tenby" verandah, and he added, "except an occasional cigar under medical orders."

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

And Larkin was cantering happily down to "Greenways," his own pocket (he kept his right-hand pocket for the money due to Octavius, and his left-hand for his own tips) the heavier by a shilling.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

That is why "Greenways" should have hidden its shamed head in one of the mountain's tender mists instead of gaily smiling out at the world that morning.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

And now came a letter from Thomas in the city to Agnes at "Greenways": --

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

Yet "Greenways" had never looked crude and painful as the naked places about did, even when it emerged years ago fresh from the hands of the local builder.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

Kate was here concocting a savoury and an _entrée_ and two or three other things for his dinner, for she had packed the depressed and depressing Ellen off to the bakers 'picnic with Anna from "Greenways" and was sole mistress of her hearth and home for the day.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915