Carmina made the request.

"No," Mrs.Gallilee answered, "the children must walk.

My maid will accompany you." Carmina glanced at Miss Minerva on leaving the room.

The governess replied by a look.

She too had seen the change in Mrs.Gallilee's manner, and was at a loss to understand it.
Mrs.Gallilee's maid Marceline belonged to a quick-tempered race: she was a Jersey woman.