They reached the place about five, and then she declared that she would have a cup of tea and lie down; she was too tired to walk; and the sun, she said, was still scorchingly hot.

He then asked that the children might go with him; but the two little girls were weary and travel-worn, and the two boys, the elder of whom was home from Eton and the younger from some minor Eton, were already out about the place after their own pleasures.

So the Duke started for his walk alone.
The Duchess certainly did not wish to have to inspect the works in conjunction with her husband.

She knew how much there was that she ought still to do herself, how many things that she herself ought to see.

But she could neither do anything nor see anything to any purpose under his wing.