"Yes; for five years."
"Has he generally enjoyed your confidence?"
"I never thought much about him, one way or the other. My father found him in London, and brought him to instruct me. Afterward--"
Zillah hesitated. She was thinking of Chetwynde.
"Well--afterward--?"
"Afterward," said Zillah, "that is, after my father's death, he still continued his instructions."
"Did he teach your sister also?"
"Yes."
"Your sister seems to have had great confidence in him, judging from her letter?"
"Yes."