“And will you not eat?”

“Yes, presently, when supper is served.”

“You will come down-stairs?”

“Yes.”

“I am glad to hear that.”

“Aunt, I thought you were going to Othello Cottage the day I came here.”

“Captain Coppinger will not suffer me to leave at once till you have settled down to your duties as mistress of the house.”

“Oh, auntie! I shall never be able to manage this large establishment.”

“Why not! You managed that at the rectory.”

“Yes, but it was so different.”