I shall talk to the both of them." A wave of motherliness towards the entire Phillips family passed over her.

It included Hilda.
She caught the child to her and gave her a hug.

"You go back to school," she said, "and get on as fast as you can, so that you'll be able to be useful to him." The child flung her arms about her.

"You're so beautiful and wonderful," she said.

"You can do anything.