"Mother!" and turned her face farther away.

"What did you tell her ?" Betty moved over to her and stood close at her side.

The power of her personality enveloped the tremulous creature as if it had been a sense of warmth.
"I told her how beautiful the place was, and how Ughtred adored you--and how you loved us all, and longed to see New York again." The relief in the poor little face was so immense that Betty's heart shook before it.

Lady Anstruthers looked up at her with adoring eyes.
"I might have known," she said; "I might have known that--that you would only say the right thing.

You couldn't say the wrong thing, Betty." Betty bent over her and spoke almost yearningly.
"Whatever happens," she said, "we will take care that mother is not hurt.