"I shall have less time to speak to them, and less chance of speaking or looking my mind.

And as to arrangements, those, of course, you must make." "I! forgive me," she answered, "that is impossible.

It is for you to assign to each of us her part in the household, her chamber, her rank and duties.

You forget that I hold exactly the same position with the youngest among them, and cannot presume even to suggest, much less to direct." I was silent, and after a pause she went on-- "It is not for me to advise you; but"-- "Speak your thought, now and always, Eveena.

Even if I did not stand in so much need of your guidance in a new world, I never yet refused to hear counsel; and it is a wife's right to offer it." "Is it?
We are not so taught," she answered.