Once she suggested that she should try to persuade the nuns to take her in at the convent, but Mrs.Neville suppressed the notion instantly.
"Nuns!" she said; "nonsense.

When your own brother-in-law--at least he will be your brother-in-law if the Boers don't make an end of us all--is here to take care of you, don't talk about going to a parcel of nuns.

It will be as much as they can do to look after themselves, I'll be bound." As for John, he ate his steak and said nothing.

The arrangement seemed a very proper one to him..