"No, the story is safe. For the present it is safe, my lips are sealed."
"Josephine, I wish you would go away."
"I am sorry, I cannot go away."
"We cannot associate with you. You are not brought up like us. You will be lonely here, you will find it very dull, you had better go away."
"I am not going away. I have come here and I mean to stay. I shall watch you, and your son, and your daughters; that will be my amusement."
"I won't say any more to you, proud and insolent girl. My son, at least, is spared your scrutiny, he is not at Rosendale; and my daughters, I think, they can live through it."
Mrs. Bertram turned and left the little parlor. She gave her note to Mrs. Tester, desired it to be taken at once to the Gray House, and then returned quietly and steadily to the Manor. When she got in she called Catherine to her.
"Kate, the girl you saw hiding in the avenue has come to live at the lodge."
"Mother!"
"I have seen her and spoken to her, my dear daughter. She is nothing either to you or me. Take no notice of her."