So very prudent a man as he of course could not think it right that a young lady should remain with him, in his house, as his visitor; and to her decision on this point he had made no objection.

She now heartily wished that she had named the day after the funeral, and that she had not been deterred by her dislike of making a Sunday journey.

She dreaded this day, and would have been very thankful if he would have left her and gone back to London.

But he intended, he said, to remain at Perivale throughout the next week, and she must endure the day as best she might be able.

She wished that it were possible to ask Mr.
Possitt to his accustomed dinner; but she did not dare to make the proposition to the master of the house.