She is too lovely for officers' bridge parties," rather sharply again.
"Mrs.Gareth-Lawless is not the person one would naturally turn to for sympathy in trouble.

Illness would present itself to her mind as a sort of outrage." The Duchess herself spoke in a low tone and her eyes wandered for a moment or so to the corner where Robin sat among her papers.
"She is a sensitive child," she said, "and I have not wanted to alarm her by telling her she must give up the work her heart is in.

I have seen for some time that she must have an entire holiday and that she must leave London behind her utterly for a while.

Dr.Redcliff knows of the right remote sort of place for her.

It is really quite settled.