Will you write to Dick ?' Alice was concerned to perceive that Kate was still unenlightened.
'Did Emma know you were coming ?' she asked.
'Yes, I suppose she did.

But it's hard to get her to attend to anything.
I've left her alone, 'cause there wasn't any one I could fetch at once.
Will you write to-day ?' 'Yes, I'll see to it,' said Alice.

'Have some breakfast, will you ?' 'Well, I don't mind just a cup o' coffee.

It's very cold, and I had to walk a long way before I could get a 'bus.' Whilst Kate refreshed herself, Alice played nervously with her tea-spoon, trying to make up her mind what must be done.

The situation was complicated with many miseries, but Alice had experienced a growth of independence since her return from Wanley.