"Certainly; how nice it will be to teach my own kin, and not endless
strangers, lovable as they have been!"

"It will be very good for them all to see something of life and
manners superior to what I can give them here. You will take them
into a fresh sphere, and--as things were--besides that, I could not--
I did not know whether their lives would not lie among our people
here."

"Dear Sophy, don't concern yourself. I am quite certain you would
never let them fall in with anything hurtful."

"Why, no! I hope not; but if I had known what was coming, I don't
think I should have asked you to consent to Vera and Thekla's
spending their holidays at Mr. Waring's country house."

"Very worthy people, you said. I remember Tom Waring, a very nice
boy; and Jessie Dale went to school with us--I liked her. Fancy them
having a country house."

"Waring Grange they call it. He has got on wonderfully as
upholsterer, decorator, and auctioneer. It is a very handsome one,
with a garden that gets the prizes at the horticultural shows. They
are thoroughly good people, but I was afraid afterwards that there
had been a good deal of noisiness among the young folks at Christmas.
Hubert Delrio was there, and I fancy there was some nonsense going
on."

"Ah, the Delrios! Are they here?"