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They moved up to town on the third of April. Lady Barnstaple had taken a tiny and costly house for them in Green Street, and as there had been much correspondence on the subject, and many samples had travelled from London to Yorkshire and back, it was almost in order when the young couple arrived to take possession.
"For goodness' sake, have it light and bright," Lady Barnstaple had written. "London is such a grimy hole, people simply love colour. Don't mind bothering me; if I were poor I'd be a house decorator. The only fault I had to find with the Abbey was that it was furnished."