THE CHAIRS They loved the old house at first sight, and set the wheels of purchase in motion before returning to Britain. The wheels of Spanish bureaucracy grind exceeding slow: slower, they sometimes thought, than the mills of God, and it seemed an age before they could move in and plan what alterations they intended to make to it. They wandered over the house and the wild surrounding land like two small children, chattering and laughing uncontrollably with excitement. They explored the roof... Sign in to see full entry.