"Because, perhaps they'll say that—that——"
"What will they say?"
"If they don't see him, they may think he isn't Popenjoy at all."
"Oh! they'll think that, will they? How will seeing help them?"
"It would be so nice to have him here, if it's only for a little," said the Marchioness.
"So that's it," he said, after a long pause. "That's George's game, and the Dean's; I can understand."
"No, no, no; not George," said the unhappy mother.
"And Sarah, I dare say, is in a boat with them. I don't wonder that they should choose to remain here and watch me."
"I am sure George has never thought of such a thing."
"George will think as his father-in-law bids him. George was never very good at thinking for himself. So you fancy they'll be more likely to accept the boy if they see him."