Tinker left them at the door of Elsie's room, and went to his father.

He found him dressing, and after bidding him good-morning, came at once to the matter in hand.
"Selina wants to come back to us," he said.

"She thinks she could be useful as valet-housekeeper and maid to Elsie.

She's awfully keen on it." "If she wants to come back, she most certainly can," said Sir Tancred.
"I owe Selina a debt I can never pay--and so do you, for that matter.

I don't pretend to know what the functions of a valet-housekeeper are, but doubtless Selina knows her own capabilities best.