We shall pack away a few things we prize especially, but all the rest will be left." "Will you leave the china dogs ?" asked Anne timidly.
"Would you like me to ?" "Oh, indeed, yes.

They are delightful." A pleased expression came into Miss Patty's face.
"I think a great deal of those dogs," she said proudly.

"They are over a hundred years old, and they have sat on either side of this fireplace ever since my brother Aaron brought them from London fifty years ago.
Spofford Avenue was called after my brother Aaron." "A fine man he was," said Miss Maria, speaking for the first time.

"Ah, you don't see the like of him nowadays." "He was a good uncle to you, Maria," said Miss Patty, with evident emotion.

"You do well to remember him." "I shall always remember him," said Miss Maria solemnly.