"Oh, Robert, I do wish, I do wish they were really small."
"I'm sorry, Kitty. But perhaps——"
He could not hide anything from Kitty.
"No, Robert," she said, "I'm afraid there won't be any perhaps. That's one of the things I meant to tell you. But I'm not bothering about that. I meant—if they were little—little things, I shouldn't be so dreadfully afraid of them."
"Why? What do you think they'll do to you, Kitty?"
"I—don't—know."
"You needn't be alarmed. I believe they're very well-behaved. Jane has brought them up quite nicely."
"What is Jane going to do?"
"Ah—that's what I wanted to ask you about."
"You needn't ask me. You want her to stay and look after them just the same?"