She found it necessary to dress equal to her place.

She had to have several dresses to wear, according to the time of day, and she had to have new ones very often, or she might be told petulantly and pointedly by her mistress that 'one gets so weary of seeing the same dresses every day.' Instead of the high salary leaving a handsome profit, her father had occasionally to pay a stiff bill for her.

But then the 'position'-- look at the 'position' and the society.
Georgie, in process of time, went to Scotland, to Paris, the South of France, to Rome, and Naples.

Being a discreet girl, and having a winning manner, she became as much a companion to her mistress as governess, and thus saw and heard more of the world than she would otherwise have done.
She saw some very grand people indeed occasionally.

After this, after the Continent, and, above all, London in the season, the annual visit to the old farmhouse came to be a bitter time of trial.