At all events, they'll have books within reach, and better opportunities every way than at Finden.' 'How do their friends in the country think of it ?' 'Very dubiously; but then what else was to be expected?
Of course, the respectable and intelligible path marked out for both of them points to a lifetime of governessing.

But the girls have no relish for that; they'd rather do almost anything.

We talked over all the aspects of the situation seriously enough--it is desperately serious, no doubt of that.
I told them fairly all the hardships they would have to face--described the typical London lodgings, and so on.

Still, there's an adventurous vein in them, and they decided for the risk.

If it came to the worst I suppose they could still find governess work.' 'Let us hope better things.' 'Yes.