Of course, it has all got to be talked over, but my idea is that the place had better be shut up, and that you should take, in your own name, a house in London.

I suppose she will want masters for the harp, and so on.

For a time, at any rate, that would be the best plan, unless you would prefer some other place to London.

We have done our best to carry out my uncle's wishes, but circumstances have been too strong for us, and it cannot be kept up any longer; but there is no reason, if you and she prefer it, why she should not be known, until you return here, by her present name.

Of course the affair will create a great deal of talk down here, but in London no one will know that Millicent is an heiress, though it is hardly likely that you will make many acquaintances for a time." "Have you known it long, Mark?
I thought that you were kept in ignorance of it." "I only heard it yesterday evening, Mrs.Cunningham; after that shot through the window my father thought I ought to know all about it, for the attempt might be repeated more successfully.