In future, that shall be my sole charge.

Has any one anything more to say to me before I go ?" Somehow or other, no one had.

Mrs.Fitzgerald was irritated and fuming, but she contented herself with a snort.

Her speech was ready enough as a rule, but there was a look in this girl's eyes from which she was glad enough to turn away.

Mrs.Lawrence made a weak attempt at a farewell.
"I am sure," she began, "we are all sorry for what's occurred and that you must go--not that perhaps it isn't better, under the circumstances," she added hastily.