"I wish it."

"But--"

Mavis did not at all like this resolve.

"It was the name of my last companion, and I've got used to it.
Besides, I wish it."

Mavis resented Mrs Hamilton's sudden assumption of authority; it
quickened the vague feelings of dislike which she had felt in her
presence, the vague feelings of dislike which reminded her of--of--
ah! She remembered now. It was the same uncomfortable sensation
which she had always experienced when Mrs Stanley stood by her in
"Dawes'."

This discovery of the identity of the two emotions set Mavis
wondering if either had anything to do with the character of the two
women who had inspired them, and, if so, whether Mrs Hamilton
followed the same loathsome calling as Mrs Stanley. Mavis comforted
her mind's disquiet by reflecting how Miss Allen had, most likely,
not told the truth about Mrs Stanley's occupation; also, by
remembering how her present situation was the result of a direct,
personal appeal to the Almighty, which precluded the remotest
possibility of her being exposed to risk of insult or harm. She had
little time for thinking on the matter, for Mrs Hamilton said:

"Mr Ellis has already come. Mr Williams will be here any moment.
We'd better go down."