And you were his favourite, and I've often thought how proud he would have been to see his little girl so smart and pretty and able to hold her own with the best of them.

And I've worked too.

Goodness knows I've worked hard.

It isn't as easy as it looks to keep your end up in Priorsford and keep the villa-people in their places, and force the County to notice you.

If I had been like Mrs.Jowett you would just have had to be content with the people on the Hill.