I shall be with you almost as soon as this letter.

I cannot help feeling anxious, as well as curious.
I have money enough, and it is well I have; for Sally, who guards your room like a dragon, would rather see me walk the whole way, than have any of your things disturbed.
Your affectionate sister, FAITH BENSON.
It was a great relief to Mr Benson to think that his sister would so soon be with him.

He had been accustomed from childhood to rely on her prompt judgment and excellent sense; and to her care he felt that Ruth ought to be consigned, as it was too much to go on taxing good Mrs Hughes with night watching and sick nursing, with all her other claims on her time.

He asked her once more to sit by Ruth, while he went to meet his sister.
The coach passed by the foot of the steep ascent which led up to Llan-dhu.

He took a boy to carry his sister's luggage when she arrived; they were too soon at the bottom of the hill, and the boy began to make ducks and drakes in the shallowest part of the stream, which there flowed glassy and smooth, while Mr Benson sat down on a great stone, under the shadow of an alder bush which grew where the green, flat meadow skirted the water.