"She won't hear of it. She says nobody could do her any good but Cecilia."
"What! 'Send for Mrs. de Noël?' Poor Cissy! What do these excited females imagine she is going to do?"
"I don't know, but I do wish we could get her here."
"But she is in London, is she not, with Aunt Henrietta?"
"Yes, and only comes home to-day."
"Well, I will tell you what we might do if you want her badly. Telegraph to her to London and ask her to come straight on here."
"I suppose she is sure to come?"
"Like a shot, if you say we are all ill."
"No, that would frighten her. I will just say we want her particularly."
"Yes, and say the carriage shall meet the 5.15 at Whitford station, and then she will feel bound to come. And as I shall not be back in time, send Lindy to meet her. It will do him good. He looks as if he had been sitting up all night with the ghost."