Her plans were laid, but some of them she knew from past experience might go astray.

On one point she had made up her mind--not to be in a hurry.

In furtherance of these schemes she had for some days--some months, in fact--been making preparations for an important move.

She knew that its bare announcement would come as a surprise to Jane and Martha and, perhaps, as a shock, but that did not shake her purpose.

She furthermore expected more or less opposition when they fully grasped her meaning.