Your mother, when she made me your guardian, did not foresee the changes that were to take place.

You have other friends who are willing to give you a home.

You have come here of your own will.

When you wish to leave us we shall not wonder." I threw my arms round her neck and told her I would not leave her.
Never, since Miss Kitty Sweetman went to India, had my heart gone forth so completely to anyone.
She bade me not be too hasty.

"You will find our life so different from anything you have ever known," she said.