"If I was not here, there would be no one in my place." "Nonsense, my dear," Anne Prettyman had said; "it is the greatest comfort to us in the world.
And you should make yourself nice, you know, for his sake.

All the gentlemen like it." Then Grace had been very angry, and had sworn that she would give the money back again.

Nevertheless, I think she did make herself as nice as she knew how to do.

And from all this it may be seen that the Miss Prettymans had hitherto quite approved of Major Grantly's attentions.
But when this terrible affair came on about the cheque which had been lost and found and traced to Mr.Crawley's hands, Miss Anne Prettyman said nothing further to Grace Crawley about Major Grantly.

It was not that she thought that Mr.Crawley was guilty, but she knew enough of the world to be aware that suspicion of such guilt might compel such a man as Major Grantly to change his mind.