The Enchanted Cottage Page #2

A place that when I woke up in the

morning, I'd be glad it was another day.

And when I went to sleep, I'd felt like

it meant something to have been awake.

I've rented the cottage.

And I need somebody

to help me with the work.

The people are coming again

today to look at it.

They wanted for several months

with a housekeeper and maid.

That'd be us.

Well, if you want me, I'd be glad to.

Your work won't be hard.

You'll get your room and board.

And the regular wages.

That's quite satisfactory.

Then we better get started.

They'll be here directly.

You can get your things later.

There isn't very much to get, really.

These people who're renting the cottage,

are they a honeymoon couple?

Didn't ask.

I was hoping you were going to renew

the old tradition, Mrs. Minnett.

What old tradition?

The one about this cottage.

How for over a century,

it was rented to honeymooners.

That tradition was broken.

I broke it.

Oh!

This cottage was deeded to my husband

as a wedding present.

It was too have been our home.

Tom's and mine.

Only I've had to live on here alone.

Nearly 25 years.

Do you know what loneliness is?

Real loneliness.

- Yes

- I thought you might.

That's why, when I heard

that you'd come back

They're here.

You open the door for them.

Come in.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Come in, please.

I hope I'm not too early, Mrs. Minnett.

I brought Miss

Oh, I'm sorry.

This is not Mrs. Minnett, darling.

I'm Oliver Bradford.

I stopped by last week and persuaded

Mrs. Minnett to read her cottage to us.

Yes I know. I'm Laura Pennington.

- Hello, Mrs. Minnett.

- Good afternoon.

This is Miss Alexander, Mrs. Minnett.

How do you do, Mrs. Minnett?

- And is must be

- The maid, oh, yes.

- Is there a dining room?

- No.

I thought we could dine

by the fire, dear.

Oh.

- Would you like to see the upstairs?

- Thank you.

I'll stay here, dear.

I've already seen it.

All right, Oliver.

My mother warned me that

men are never interested

in the practical side of housekeeping.

It's a law.

Hmm. What an odd pattern.

Does this belong to the old boy

who first built the place?

It was his family crest.

The chain symbolizes

the new country he adopted.

The first 15 American states.

What a charming idea

for an Englishman.

Hey, this is

really an old goblet, isn't it?

You can't even read the inscription.

Was this the old boy's too?

No, that was given

to the favorite son and his wife.

They drank a toast from it

on their wedding night.

Just the two of them killed this?

Well, so the story goes.

Well, I bet they didn't need

a candle to light their way to bed.

All this was in the old house, hmm?

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