Dear me! I shall feel as if a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders.

We shall really enjoy ourselves then." She smiled down into her husband's dubious face, and after a moment with a curt sigh he pulled her down and kissed her.

"Well, you're a woman, you ought to know how to manage your own kind," he said.
"Sylvia's mother was an invalid for so long that I expect the child did grow a bit out of hand.

I'll leave her to you then, Caroline.
If you can manage to marry her to Preston I believe you'll do her the biggest service possible." "Of course I should like to do that!" said Mrs.Ingleton, kissing him loudly.

"Ah! Here she comes! She mustn't catch us love-making at this hour.