They will be at all hours, and of all lengths.

You, Miss Greggory, will have to be on hand for them all, of course, and will have to stay all night several times, probably.

You, Mrs.Greggory, ought not to be alone down here.

There is no sensible, valid reason why you should not both come out to the house for those ten days; and I shall feel seriously hurt and offended if you do not consent to do it." "But--my pupils," Alice Greggory had demurred.
"You can go in town from my home at any time to give your lessons, and a little shifting about and arranging for those ten days will enable you to set the hours conveniently one after another, I am sure, so you can attend to several on one trip.

Meanwhile your mother will be having a lovely time teaching Aunt Hannah how to knit a new shawl; so you won't have to be worrying about her." After all, it had been the great good and pleasure which the visit would bring to Mrs.Greggory that had been the final straw to tip the scales.
On the eleventh of February, therefore, in the company of the once scorned "Peggy and Mary Jane," Alice Greggory and her mother had arrived at Hillside.
Ever since the first meeting of Alice Greggory and Arkwright, Billy had been sorely troubled by the conduct of the two young people.