But the banker, after having declared that she must go somewhere, had persisted.

It is not to be supposed that Caldigate was on this occasion invited to meet her;--nor that the father had as yet agreed that any such meeting should be allowed.

But as William Bolton,--the London brother,--and Mrs.William and one of their girls were down at Cambridge, it was arranged that Hester should meet her relatives.

Even so much as this was not settled without much opposition on the part of Hester's mother.
There was nobody at the house but members of the family.

The old banker's oldest son Nicholas was not there as his wife and Mrs.Robert did not get on well together.