"You need not at any rate trouble yourself about money, Grace," said Miss Prettyman.

"What is a pound or two more or less between you and me?
It is almost unkind of you to think about it.

Is that letter in your hand anything for me to see, my dear ?" Then Grace explained that she did not wish to show Miss Dale's letter, but that Miss Dale had asked her to go to Allington.

"And you will go," said Miss Prettyman.

"It will be the best thing for you, and the best thing for your mother." It was at last decided that Grace should go to her friend at Allington, and to Allington she went.