26/35 If you think that Egypt or the other place is too far, you know the doctors say that perhaps Switzerland would do her good, and that is quite near." He caught hold of this suggestion, and exclaimed, with a sneer: "I know why you want to go to Switzerland, Miss. To run after that whipper-snapper of a parson's son, eh? And as for why I won't let her go, it's because I don't believe those doctors, who say one minute that she should go to Egypt, which is hot, and the next to Switzerland, which is cold. Moreover, I mean you to stop in England, and not go fooling about with a lot of strange men in these foreign places. You are grown up now and out, and I have my own plans for your future, which can't come off if you are away. |