And when one remembered that her father was in prison shut up together with a lot of criminals and so on--it made one uncomfortable.

If the child had only tried to forget her troubles! But she obviously was incapable or unwilling to do so.

And that was somewhat perverse--wasn't it?
Upon the whole, she thought it would be better perhaps-- Mrs.Fyne assented hurriedly to the unspoken conclusion: "Oh certainly! Certainly," wondering to herself what was to be done with Flora next; but she was not very much surprised at the change in the old lady's view of Flora de Barral.

She almost understood it.
What came next was a German family, the continental acquaintances of the wife of one of Fyne's colleagues in the Home Office.

Flora of the enigmatical glances was dispatched to them without much reflection.