She might do something for him--something that should be of use to him in after life.

At first this plan took the form in her mind of getting her husband to give him a place; but she reflected that this would necessitate bringing him where his acquaintance with them might prove inconvenient.

She would aid him in going to college for another year.

This would be a delicate way to discharge the obligation under which his kindness had placed her.
Keith, meantime, was happily ignorant of the plot that was forming against him.

The warm weather was coming, and he knew that before long Mrs.Yorke and Alice would be flitting northward.