'It will help us through.

It has been rather a hard day.' Lucy's face showed her sympathy, and the question she did not like to put into words.
'Oh, it has been a wrestle all day,' said Eleanor wearily.

'She wants Mr.
Manisty to do certain things with her property, that as her trustee he _cannot_ do.

She has the maddest ideas--she _is_ mad.

And when she is crossed, she is terrible.' At dinner Lucy did her best to lighten the atmosphere, being indeed most truly sorry for her poor friends and their dilemma.