The Old Nest

Excerpt from The Old Nest

He was not often invited into the house, and seemed unutterably afraid of injuring the walls or the floor. Once in the presence of his mistress, his hat slid from his head and he made many a salaam, wrinkling up his face and grin ning like a wheedling hound.

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