My advice and Susan's is at your disposal.

If you cannot, then the baby must go back to Meg Conover.

Its lease of life will be short if it does for it is evident that it is a delicate child and requires particular care.

I doubt if it would survive even if sent to an orphans' home.

But I cannot have your mother and Susan over-taxed." The doctor walked out of the kitchen, looking very stern and immovable.
In his heart he knew quite well that the small inhabitant of the big soup tureen would remain at Ingleside, but he meant to see if Rilla could not be induced to rise to the occasion.
Rilla sat looking blankly at the baby.