She must not be worried.

Ros--" after one has visited Denboro five times in succession he is generally called by his Christian name--"Ros, if you've got any worries you keep 'em to yourself." I had worries, plenty of them.

Our little fortune, saved, as we thought, from the wreck, suffered a severe shrinkage.

A considerable portion of it, as the lawyers discovered, was involved and belonged to the creditors.

I said nothing to Mother about this: she supposed that we had a sufficient income for our needs, even without my salary.