By the time she is twenty I shall have a trifle over and above my income to fall back upon.

Twelve hundred pounds is a bagatelle with most people, but I feel I shall effect wonders with it.
Catherine and Mabel will be out of the common, very out of the common.
Unique people have an advantage over those who resemble the herd.
Catherine and Mabel are to be strongly individual.

In any room they are to be noticeable.

Little hermits, now, some day they shall shine.

They are both clever, just clever enough for my purpose.