But I can't--I can't.

Mother and the children need the money and I must go back to my school." Thankful nodded.

"Yes," she admitted, "I suppose likely you must, for the present.

But--but if it SHOULD be a go and I SHOULD see plainer sailin' ahead, then I'd need somebody to help manage, somebody younger and more up-to-date than I am.

And I know mighty well who I shall send for." They talked for a long time, but at last, after they were in bed and the lamp was extinguished, Emily said: "I hate to go back and leave you here, Auntie; indeed I do.