She accepted the place, very much to her aunt's surprise and regret, when that excellent person heard of it.

Now that the time has come (though Emily won't acknowledge it), I believe she secretly shrinks, poor dear, from the prospect." "Very likely," Francine agreed--without even a pretense of sympathy.
"But tell me, who are the four old people ?" "First, Sir Jervis himself--seventy, last birthday.

Next, his unmarried sister--nearly eighty.

Next, his man-servant, Mr.Rook--well past sixty.
And last, his man-servant's wife, who considers herself young, being only a little over forty.

That is the household.