She was nothing to me, after all, except my mistress.

Grant used to say things like that and I would not believe her.

She was right when she said I was only a charity child." Phyllis and Nell were accustomed to go to the drawing-room for an hour or two in the evening after their father and mother had dined, and on this occasion Hetty was invited to accompany them.

It was not Mrs.
Enderby's intention that she should always do so, but she considered that it would be well to include her to-night.
The last evening spent by Hetty in the drawing-room at the Hall was that one on which she had entertained the company with her mimicries.

Then, full of pride and delight in her own powers of giving amusement, she had felt herself in a position to despise all disapproval and dislike.