In that case, of course, I should want Rachel to be able to take more part in things.

A certain amount of entertaining would be necessary--dinners, an occasional evening party.

One's constituents like to be fed, I believe.

In all these ways Rachel could be of great help to me.

So," he wound up, "I should be very glad, if we arrange this visit (which must be upon a business footing, mind), if you could see your way to helping my girl, bringing her out--she's a little shy now,--making a woman of her, the kind of woman her mother would have liked her to be," he ended, jerking his head at the photograph.
Willoughby's selfishness, though consistent as Helen saw with real affection for his daughter, made her determined to have the girl to stay with her, even if she had to promise a complete course of instruction in the feminine graces.