But she likes not to see them wait upon themselves, and she knows that my Lady Humbert would wish them to have all needful service.

Wherefore she asks if thou couldst spare a daughter to go thither for a while to help her by waiting on the young damsels.

And I--" "Well, and wherefore not ?" said Martin, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

"Prudence is a good woman, and my dead wife loved her best of all her family.

I know that Lady Humbert is a woman into whose house any father might trust his daughter without a fear.