Mr.Henley's large landed property, on the north of London, happened to include a farm in the neighbourhood of Muswell Hill.

Wisely waiting for a favourable opportunity, Iris alluded to the good qualities which had made Rhoda almost as much her friend as her servant, and asked leave to remove the invalid to the healthy air of the farm.
Her anxiety about the recovery of a servant so astonished Mr.Henley, that he was hurried (as he afterwards declared) into granting his daughter's request.

After this concession, the necessary arrangements were easily made.

The influence of Iris won the goodwill of the farmer and his wife; Rhoda, as an expert and willing needlewoman, being sure of a welcome, for her own sake, in a family which included a number of young children.

Miss Henley had only to order her carriage, and to be within reach of the farm.