As for the child,--if I approve of the place in which she lives, as I do at present,--he shall remain with her for nine months in the year till he is six years old.

Then he must come to me.

And he shall come to me altogether if she sees or hears from that man.

I believe that L800 a year will enable her to live with all comfort under your mother's roof." "As to that," said Stanbury, slowly, "I suppose I had better tell you at once, that the Nuncombe Putney arrangement cannot be considered as permanent." "Why not ?" "Because my mother is timid and nervous, and altogether unused to the world." "That unfortunate woman is to be sent away,--even from Nuncombe Putney!" "Understand me, Trevelyan." "I understand you.

I understand you most thoroughly.