But you say this house must go ?" "Not if you will help me to keep it." "I should not like to live here," says Tita, with some haste.

And then in a low tone, "Your mother would live here ?" "Yes, certainly." "Well, and I--I have been very unhappy with Uncle George," says she.
Her air is so nave that Rylton bursts out laughing.

After all, the last thing he would desire either would be to live here with his mother.
"You would not have to make this place your home," says he.

It had never been a home to him since his father's death.

"You shall command me in this matter; I shall live at Oakdean if that is your desire." Indeed, it seems to him it would be a great relief to get away from the Hall, from his mother, from---- "To live at Oakdean!" The girl's face grows transfigured.