I hope your grandfather will ask her to come here before long.' 'I'm rather afraid of strangers.' 'No doubt,' said the other, smiling.

'But you'll get over that.

I shall do my best to persuade Mr.Snowdon to make you acquainted with her.' Jane drew in her breath uneasily.
'She won't want me to know other people, I hope ?' 'Oh, if she does, they'll be kind and nice and easy to talk to.' Jane raised her eyes and said half-laughingly: 'I feel as if I was very childish, and that makes me feel it still more.

Of course, if it's necessary, I'll do my best to talk to strangers.

But they won't expect too much of me, at first?
I mean, if they find me a little slow, they won't be impatient ?' 'You mustn't think that hard things are going to be asked of you.
You'll never be required to say or do anything that you haven't already said and done many a time, quite naturally.