Not half an hour after Cobb's departure Louise returned.

Emmeline was surprised to see her back so soon; they met near the railway station as Mrs.Mumford was on her way to a shop in High Street.
'Isn't it good of me! If I had stayed longer I should have gone home to quarrel with Cissy; but I struggled against the temptation.

Going to the grocer's?
Oh, do let me go with you, and see how you do that kind of thing.

I never gave an order at the grocer's in my life--no, indeed I never did.

Mother and Cissy have always looked after that.