She saw at a glance that the girls were ladies, and would not be patronized.

Her task had seemed easy enough when she assured Miss Martineau that the poor young Mainwarings must be helped.

When she ordered her carriage and drove into Rosebury she made up her mind to discuss their affairs boldly with them, and to offer them practical advice, and, if necessary, substantial assistance.

The eldest girl, if she was at all presentable, might be got into some family as a nursery governess or companion, and she felt quite sure that she had sufficient interest to procure admissions for Jasmine and Daisy into some of the schools especially started to educate the orphan daughters of army men.
But in the garden, although it was a very shabby little garden, this programme did not seem quite so easy.

Jasmine and Daisy were delightful children; they hailed her instantly as a comrade; they thought nothing whatever of her wealth or her position.