The message (deferring other explanations until they met) merely informed her that her rooms were ready, adding the address and the landlady's name.

Guessing in the dark, Carmina and the governess had ignorantly attributed the sinister alteration in Mrs.Gallilee's manner to the prospect of Teresa's unwelcome return.

"While you have the means in your power," Miss Minerva advised, "it may be as well to let your old friend know that there is a home for her when she reaches London.".