With plenty of money one can acquire most of the less important things
of life; and Ben was not stinted there. So we had three terrific weeks.
I say "we" because I was in it.
We went to Bibury that evening, with an expert from one of the big
furnishers, and early the next morning we were busy starting the work.
Then we hurried back, with a full plan of house and garden, and began
to compile catalogues of necessities. There are printed lists to be had
from the big furnishers, and to these we added every kind of minute
accessory. Ben wanted to leave no loophole for criticism whatever. Ten
times in a night I would wake up and think of something that might be
forgotten and jot it down; and if I woke up ten times, Ben probably
woke up twenty, for this commission was her great chance.