Don't you go and tell it all out at once to him.

I cannot have him worried about our concerns." "But how--no one can question that this is right.

I am sure he won't object." "Stop, Ethel, don't you see, it can't be done for nothing?
If we undertake it, we must go on with it, and when I am away it will fall on you and Flora.

Well, then, it ought to be considered whether you are old enough and steady enough; and if it can be managed for you to go continually all this way, in this wild place.

There will be expense too." Ethel looked wild with impatience, but could not gainsay these scruples, otherwise than by declaring they ought not to weigh against the good of Cocksmoor.
"It will worry him to have to consider all this," said Richard, "and it must not be pressed upon him." "No," said Ethel sorrowfully; "but you don't mean to give it up." "You are always in extremes, Ethel.