Afterwards, he will wish to see you, I know." "Please to remember, dear--it astonishes me that you forget it--that I have a responsibility to Mr.Mallard.I have no legal charge of you.
With every reason, Mr.Mallard may reproach me if I countenance what it is impossible for him to approve." Cecily searched the speaker's face.
"Do you mean," she asked gravely, "that Mr.Mallard will disapprove--what I have done ?" "I can say nothing on that point.

But I am very sure that he would not approve of this meeting, if he could know what was happening.

I must communicate with him at once.

Until he comes, or writes, it is your duty, my dear, to decline this interview.

Believe me, it is your duty." Mrs.Lessingham spoke more earnestly than she ever had done to her niece.