Rose's lip curled.
'Not if Miss Barks knows it,' she said emphatically, 'nor if I know it.
The Bakers, of course, ourselves, and the unknown.' 'Dr.Baker is always pleasant,' said Mrs.Leyburn, leaning back and drawing her white shawl languidly round her.

'He told me the other day, Catherine, that if it weren't for you he should have to retire.

He regards you as his junior partner.

"Marvellous nursing gift your eldest daughter has, Mrs.Leyburn," he said to me the other day.

A most agreeable man.' 'I wonder if I shall be able to get any candid opinions out of Mr.
Elsmere the day after to-morrow ?' said Rose, musing.