When Mrs Greenow made a slight change in her mourning, which she did on her arrival at Norwich, using a little lace among her crapes, Jeannette reaped a rich harvest in gifts of clothes.

Mrs Greenow knew well enough that she expected more from a servant than mere service;--that she wanted loyalty, discretion, and perhaps sometimes a little secrecy;--and as she paid for these things, she should have had them.
Kate undertook to stay a month with her aunt at Norwich, and Mrs Greenow undertook that Mr Cheesacre should declare himself as Kate's lover, before the expiration of the month.

It was in vain that Kate protested that she wanted no such lover, and that she would certainly reject him if he came.

"That's all very well, my dear," Aunt Greenow would say.

"A girl must settle herself some day, you know;--and you'd have it all your own way at Oileymead." But the offer certainly showed much generosity on the part of Aunt Greenow, inasmuch as Mr Cheesacre's attentions were apparently paid to herself rather than to her niece.