Is God cross with her for giving those workmen, those paperers, instructions?

There will be painters and paperers and cleaners in my home and a lot of dirt and confusion.

The plasterers were hindered; the painters misunderstood orders; the paperers have defalcated, and the universe generally comes to a pause.

The painters are coming into the house to-day; and the paperers, and all, and we can't be bothered with mathematics.

It is really astonishing what magical changes have been wrought inside the horrible old house by painters, paperers, and carpenters, and a little upholstery.

What can they be thinking of?-andthe girls would stare together through the windows, watching every movement of painters and paperers with breathless interest.

Quiet descends on the Rackham house -or at least, such quiet as can prevail with the paperers packing up their tools in the hall.

"Confound those paperers!" he said.

'It is disgraceful that I should be idling here while she is struggling with carpenters and paperers, and puzzling out the decorations of the drawing-room.