"And please--please don't make me have a governess yet." He rubbed his forehead again and stared at her.
"That was what the Sowerby woman said," he muttered absent-mindedly.
Then Mary gathered a scrap of courage.
"Is she--is she Martha's mother ?" she stammered.
"Yes, I think so," he replied.
"She knows about children," said Mary.

"She has twelve.

She knows." He seemed to rouse himself.
"What do you want to do ?" "I want to play out of doors," Mary answered, hoping that her voice did not tremble.

"I never liked it in India.

It makes me hungry here, and I am getting fatter." He was watching her.
"Mrs.Sowerby said it would do you good.