I must apologize for coming in without knocking; but the child opened the door and rushed in, and the best thing to do was, we thought, to follow her.
"I have come, in the first place, to thank you for your great kindness to my little granddaughter, and to tell your son how deeply I feel indebted to him, for having saved her life two years ago.
"Now, Aggie, you run away and look for your friend, while I talk matters over with Mrs.Walsham." Aggie scampered away to find James, who was at work at his books, and to tell him the news, while the squire unfolded his plans to Mrs.
Walsham.
His offers were so handsome that Mrs.Walsham accepted them, without an instant's hesitation.

She was to have the entire charge of the child during the day, with the option of either returning home in the evening, when Aggie went in to dessert after dinner, or of living entirely at the Hall.

The squire explained his intention of sending James to a good school at Exeter, as an instalment of the debt he owed him for saving the child's life, and he pointed out that, when he was at home for his holidays, Aggie could have her holidays, too, and Mrs.
Walsham need only come up to the Hall when she felt inclined.
Mrs.Walsham was delighted with the offer, even more for James's sake than her own, although the prospect for herself was most pleasant.

To have only Aggie to teach, and walk with, would be delightful after the monotony of drilling successive batches of girls, often inordinately tiresome and stupid.

She said, at once, that she should prefer returning home at night--a decision which pleased the squire, for he had wondered what he should do with her in the evening.
The arrangement was at once carried into effect.