"I look strong, because of my colour; but I'm not; the youngest of eleven never is." "If the mother is careful before," said Mrs.Thornbury judicially, "there is no reason why the size of the family should make any difference.

And there is no training like the training that brothers and sisters give each other.

I am sure of that.

I have seen it with my own children.

My eldest boy Ralph, for instance--" But Mrs.Elliot was inattentive to the elder lady's experience, and her eyes wandered about the hall.
"My mother had two miscarriages, I know," she said suddenly.