Ethel Lynn Beers

“ How charming it will be for an idle bachelor like myself, with no care to engross him, no taste for the usual round of watering-place and mountain and sea-shore, thoroughly tired of flirtation and fashion, yet sadly in need of rest! I can imagine nothing more delightful than to spend the hot months at Greyrock with my tenants. My agent writes me that the fences are out of repair, and a new bridge is sadly needed over Cress-kill, and that will give me quite amusement enough to superintend in an idle, dreamy way. ”

“ I found I had touched a painful subject, so hastened to make inquiry in regard to accommodations for the time of my sojourn.
"We are very plain folks, Sir, and don't know much about cooking for city people, and maybe you wouldn't be suited. My wife isn't always able to be about." ”