"At a town called Kendal."
"I never heard of the place. Is it near Motherwell? Robert often goes to Motherwell."
"It is in England."
"Oh, Isabel, you frighten me! An Englishwoman! Whatever will mother say? How could Robert think of such a dreadful thing! What shall we do?"
"I see no occasion for us either to say or to do. There will be some grand set-tos between mother and Robert. We may get some amusement out of them."
"Mother will insist on Robert giving up the Englishwoman. She will make him do it."
"I do not think she will be able. Mind what I say."
"Robert has been under mother all his life."
"That is so, but he will make a stand about this Theodora, and mother will have to give in. He is now master of the works, and you will see that he will be master of the house also. He will take possession of himself, and everything else. I fancy we shall all find more changes than we can imagine."
"I don't care if we do! Anything for a change. I am almost weary of my life. Nothing ever happens in it."