She begged her to send for Harry and to stay for dinner, and Lucy was delighted at the invitation but said she could not leave her children because Agnes was not yet weaned and "she will need me and cry for me." Then with an enchanting smile she added, "And you know, I should want her.

A mother cannot leave a nursing babe, can she ?" These words were the only minor notes in the interview; they were the only words Jane did not tell her husband.

Otherwise, she made a charming report of the visit.

"She is a darling!" was her comment, and, "No wonder that Harry adores her.

John, she makes you feel that goodness is beautiful, and she looks so young and lovely and yet she has three children! It is amazing!" John longed to intimate that the three children might be the secret of Lucy's youth and beauty, but he refrained himself even from good words.
And which of us cannot recall certain interviews in life when we refrained from good words and did wisely; and other times when we said good words and did foolishly?
So all John said was, "Did you tell her how to dress, Jane ?" "No.