She seated herself as before.
'What about the country house now ?' said Richard.
'I don't know what to say.

It's more than I can take into my head.' 'You're not going to say, like mother did, that it was the worst piece of news she'd ever heard ?' 'Your mother said that ?' Emma was startled.

Had her thought passed lightly over some danger?
She examined her mind rapidly.
'I suppose she said it,' Richard explained, 'just because she didn't know what else to say, that's about the truth.

But there certainly is one thing I'm a little anxious about, myself.

I don't care for either Alice or 'Arry to know the details of this windfall.