She has the ecstasied air of a lovely child on her birthday--with all her world filled with petting and birthday gifts." The Duchess evidently extended her care to the extent of sending special messages to Mrs.James, the housekeeper, who began to exercise a motherly surveillance over Robin's health and diet and warmly to advocate long walks and country visits to the cottage at Mersham Wood.
"Her grace will be really pleased if you take a day or two while she's away.

She's always been just that interested in those about her, Miss," Mrs.James argued.

"She wouldn't like to come back and find you looking tired or pale.

Not that there's much danger of that," quite beamingly.
"For all your hard work, I must say you look--well, you look as I've never seen you.

And you always had a colour like a new-picked rose." The colour like a new-picked rose ran up to the rings of hair on the girl's forehead as if she were made a little shy.
"It is because her grace has been so good--and because every one is so kind to me," she said.