I can always hear them if I wish.

But I do not care to.
But if you don't like Mrs.St.John, Theresa, what on earth made you ask her to come and sit with you in the morning ?" "Well, my dear, what can I do ?" said Mrs.Buller.

"She's always saying that everybody is so unsociable, and that she is so dull, she doesn't know what to do with herself, and begging me to take my work and go and sit with her in a morning.

How can I go and leave the children and the servants, just at the time of day when everything wants to be set going?
So I thought I'd better ask her to come here instead.

It's a great bore, but I can keep an eye over the house, and if any one else drops in I can leave them together.