I want to live very quietly for some years, indeed I hope for the rest of my life.

Besides it will be so good for Nellie to live in the country--she will grow so strong." "She looks very well, I am sure," answered Mrs.Ambrose rather bluntly, looking at the child's clear complexion and bright eyes.

"And have you always lived in town until now, Mrs.Goddard ?" she asked.
"Oh no, not always, but most of the year, perhaps.

Indeed I think so." Mrs.Goddard felt nervous before the searching glance of the elder woman.
Mrs.Ambrose concluded that she was not absolutely straightforward.
"Do you think you can make the cottage comfortable ?" asked the vicar's wife, seeing that the conversation languished.
"Oh, I think so," answered her visitor, glad to change the subject, and suddenly becoming very voluble as she had previously been very shy.

"It is really a charming little place.