Well, I don't know a better man, and that's the truth--but don't you think we might put this off for a year or two?
Look now, here's this lady, Miss Lant, taking up the girl, and it's an advantage to her; you won't deny that.

I sympathise with my good old dad; I do, honestly; but I can't help thinking that Janey, in her position, ought to see a little of the world.

There's no secrets between _us_; you know what she'll have as well as I do.

I should be a brute if I grudged it her, after all she's suffered from my neglect.

But don't you think we might leave her free for a year or two ?' 'Yes, I agree with you.' 'You do?
I thought you and I could understand each other, if we only got really talking.