‘It quite does me good! And see,’ pointing to a photograph of the Arch of Titus hung on the screen that shielded her from the door, ‘he sends in a fresh one by Alexis every other day.
‘How very nice! He really seems to be a dear old man. Don’t you think so?’
‘I am sure he is wonderfully kind, but I have only seen him that once when he came with Sir Jasper, and then I knew nothing but that when Sir Jasper was come things must go right.’
‘Of course; but has he never been to see you now that you are up and dressed?’
‘No, he lavishes anything on me that I can possibly want, but I have only seen him once—never here.’
‘It is like Beauty and the Beast!’
‘Oh no, no; don’t say that!’
‘Well, George Stebbing really taught Fergus to call him a beast, and you—Kally—I won’t tease you with saying what you are.’
‘I wish I wasn’t, it would be all so much easier.’
‘Never mind! I do believe the Stebbings are going away! Does Maura never see him?’