'Will you be there ?' 'I'll be in London, with Aunt Grizel, until the middle of July; after that, in the country till winter.

You ought to take a house in the country and let me come to stay with you,' said Helen, smiling.
'Will you pay me a long visit ?' Althea smiled back.
'As long as you'll ask me for.' 'Well, you are asked for as long as you will stay.

Where shall I get a house?
There are some nice ones near Miss Buckston's.' 'Oh, don't let us be too near Miss Buckston,' said Helen, laughing.
'But surely, Althea, you won't give up Bayreuth,' Aunt Julia interposed.
'It is going to be specially fine this year.

And then you know so few people in England, you will be very lonely.

Nothing is more lonely than the English country when you know nobody.' 'Helen is a host in herself,' said Althea; and though Helen did not realise the full force of the compliment, it was more than satisfactory to have her acquiesce with: 'Oh, as to people, I can bring you heaps of them, if you want them.' 'It is a lovely idea,' said Althea; 'and if I must miss Bayreuth, Aunt Julia, I needn't miss you and the girls.