"And for very little money, my dear.

And a good deal of that--" he cleared his throat--"had to go back into the business." "I see," said Edith mechanically.

Her mind was already far away, roving over her plans for the children.

For in Roger's look of suspense she plainly read that other plans had been made for them in her absence.
"Deborah's in this!" flashed through her mind.

"Tell me what it will mean," she said.
"I'm afraid you'll have to try to do without your nurse for a while." "Let Hannah go?
Oh, father!" And Edith flushed with quick dismay.