You will have the place to yourselves, but perhaps you won't mind that." Jeffreys flushed with pleasure at the proposal.

It was the very programme he would have selected.

But for a moment his face clouded, as he glanced towards Forrester.
"I don't know whether I ought to leave him ?" "He is with his guardian, you know, and could not be in better quarters." "Then--you know I have--that is, you know--there are two--babies." Raby, however, when the question was subsequently discussed, expressed herself fully equal to the care of these promising infants until a home could be found for them; and Forrester, for his part, declared that Jeffreys must and should go to Wildtree.
"Can't you see I don't want you any more ?" said he.

"This sofa's so comfortable, I'm certain I shall sleep a fortnight straight away, and then my guardian and I have no end of business to talk over, haven't we, guardian?
and you'd really be in the way." So it was settled.

The whole party retired early to bed after their exciting day.