Chapter 76Esther seemed to be more right than Edmund had assumed. The business of finding a piece suitable for everyone turned out to be no small thing; and the carpenter had received his orders and taken his measurements, hinted at and eliminated at least two difficulties, and after making fully clear the need for an expansion of the plan and costs, he was already at work while a play was still to be sought. Other preparations were also underway. A huge roll of green felt had arrived from Northampton and been cut out by Mrs. Norris (with a saving of a full three-quarters of a yard from her good administration) and actually formed from the maids to a curtain, and that the game was still missing; and when two or three days passed in this way, Edmund almost began to hope that no one would ev
