\"May!\" he called out impatiently; and she came back, with a slight glance of surprise at his tone.
\"This lamp is smoking again; I should think the servants might see that it's kept properly trimmed,\" he grumbled nervously.
\"I'm so sorry: it shan't happen again,\" she answered, in the firm bright tone she had learned from her mother; and it exasperated Archer to feel that she was already beginning to humour him like a younger
\"May!\" he called out impatiently; and she came back, with a slight glance of surprise at his tone.
\"This lamp is smoking again; I should think the servants might see that it's kept properly trimmed,\" he grumbled nervously.
\"I'm so sorry: it shan't happen again,\" she answered, in the firm bright tone she had learned from her mother; and it exasperated Archer to feel that she was already beginning to humour him like a younger
