And there was no one else Father could entrust to take care of us--and you know it's taken a lot of money, Mother's going to Madeira to be made well.' Jane sniffed miserably.
'Yes, I know,' said Anthea in a hurry, 'but don't let's think about how horrid it all is.

I mean we can't go to things that cost a lot, but we must do SOMETHING.

And I know there are heaps of things you can see in London without paying for them, and I thought we'd go and see them.

We are all quite old now, and we haven't got The Lamb--' Jane sniffed harder than before.
'I mean no one can say "No" because of him, dear pet.

And I thought we MUST get Nurse to see how quite old we are, and let us go out by ourselves, or else we shall never have any sort of a time at all.