Meanwhile you may amuse yourself in what manner you please.

Consider this house as your home and make yourself familiar with it.

Stay within or go out, be busy or be idle, as your fancy shall prompt: only you will conform to our domestic system as to eating and sleep; the servants will inform you of this.

Next week we will enter on the task for which I designed you.

You may now withdraw." I obeyed this mandate with some awkwardness and hesitation.