Emily, I cannot go home and sleep with the thought of you here alone.' 'You forget,' Emily replied, 'that I have in reality lived alone for a long time; I do not feel it as you imagine.

No, I must stay here, but not for long.

I shall at once find a teacher's place again.' 'That is your intention ?' 'Yes.

I shall sell the furniture, and ask the landlord to find another tenant as soon as possible.

But till I go away I wish to live in this house.' Mrs.Baxendale knew that Emily's projects were not to be combated like a girl's idle fancies.