“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.”