19/25 The idea! I left home just to please them, and now I'm to go back just when it suits their convenience. Certainly not.' 'But what will you do, Louise,' asked Mrs.Mumford, 'if Mr.Higgins is quite determined ?' 'Do? I shall write at once to the old man and tell him I'm getting on so nicely in every way that I couldn't dream of leaving you. It's all nonsense, you'll see.' Emmeline and her husband held a council that night, and resolved that, whatever the issue of Louise's appeal to her stepfather, this was a very good opportunity for getting rid of their guest. They would wait till Louise made known the upshot of her negotiations. |