Mother said, before she went away that last time, 'I trust you, Jean, to look after the boys,' and when father didn't come back, and Great-aunt Alison died, they had only me." "Can't you adopt me as well?
Do you know, Penny-plain, I believe it is all the fault of your Great-aunt Alison.

You are thinking that on your death-bed you will like to feel that you sacrificed yourself to others--" "Oh," cried Jean, "did Pamela actually tell you about Great-aunt Alison?
That wasn't quite fair." "She wasn't laughing.

She only told me because she knew I was interested in every detail of your life, and Great-aunt Alison explains a lot of things about her grand-niece." Jean pondered on this for a little and then said: "Pam once said I was on the verge of being a prig, and I'm not sure that she wasn't right, and it's a hateful thing to be.

D'you think I'm priggish, Richard Plantagenet?
Oh no, don't kiss me.

I hate it....