Mrs.
Considine, herself compelled to live in these homes for the homeless, gladly accepted the proposal, came down, interviewed her charge, who happened then to be in a mood of meekness indescribable, and went away, so to speak, with her contract in her pocket.

It was part of the programme that Mrs.Considine should tactfully carry on Liosha's education, which had been arrested at the age of twelve, instil into her a sense of Western decorum, extend her acquaintance, and gradually root out of her heart the yearning to do her enemies to death.

It was a capital programme; and I gave it the benediction of a smile, in which, seeing Barbara's shrewd blue eyes fixed on me, I suppressed the irony.
When this was all settled Jaffery proclaimed himself the most care-free fellow alive.

His hitherto grumpy and resentful attitude towards Liosha changed.

He established himself as fellow slave with her under the whip of Susan's tyranny.