"So I hear, miss."
"It was to Nortonbury you went when you sold my ring; you were a dear to do it."
"I wouldn't do it for no one else, miss, and I don't know even now how I came to demean myself by such a job."
"Was," said Annie in an almost trembling voice, "was the uncle very disagreeable, then?"
"Miss Forest, such a word oughtn't to pass your lips."
"Why so, nurse? I cannot imagine why you dislike such helpful people."
"We won't argue the point," said nurse; "the subject is not suited to the young."
Annie fidgeted. Nan's voice was heard down stairs shouting for her.
"Nurse," she said in sudden desperation, "I want to get the ring back; tell me the name of the uncle."