There are a thousand ways of invading us.
Better let her come--find out what she wants--pacify her if possible--and send her away.

I am not afraid for ourselves, you included, Eleanor! She would do us no harm.

A short annoyance--and it would be over.

But Miss Foster is the weak point.' Eleanor looked at him inquiringly.
'It is one of the strongest signs of her unsound state,' said Manisty, frowning--'her wild fancies that she takes for girls much younger than herself.

There have been all sorts of difficulties in hotels.