His sister gave him a full description of the new home in Suffolk, and told of the arrangement she had made with Miss Winter, whereby, in a twelvemonth, she would be able to begin earning a little money, and, if all went well, before long would become self-supporting.
Could he not run down to see them?
Their mother had borne the removal remarkably well, and seemed, indeed, to have a new vigour; possibly the air might suit her better than at The Haws.

Will mused over this, but had no mind to make the journey just yet.

It would be a pain to him to see his mother in that new place; it would shame him to see his sister at work, and to think that all this change was on his account.

So he wrote to mother and sister, with more of expressed tenderness than usual, begging them to let him put off his visit yet a few weeks.
Presently they would be more settled.

But of one thing let them be sure; his daily work was no burden whatever to him, and he hardly knew whether he would care to change it for what was called the greater respectability of labour in an office.