I think perhaps the Ayres family have paid some attention to her," Horace said, constrainedly.
"I have seen the Ayres girl with her a good deal, I know," said Henry.
"Very possibly, I dare say.

Well, Miss Farrel did not think she or any one else cared about her very much.

She told me that none of her pupils did, and I could not gainsay her, and then she told me what I feel that I must tell you." Horace paused.

Henry waited.
Then Horace resumed.

He spoke briefly and to the purpose.
"Miss Abrahama White, who left her property to your wife, had a sister," he said.