"Won't you trust me to see that she does not want for anything? I assure you, I will not neglect my charge."
"You are very kind," said Mrs. Candy; while she thought in her heart, You are very presuming!
"Then you will indulge me?" said Mrs. Laval, graciously.
"If it must be so," said Mrs. Candy, doubtful.
"Thank you!" said her visitor. "My errand is my excuse for troubling you this morning—and so early!"
Mrs. Candy felt a twinge. She had not thought it was early; she had not thought about it.
"Your place is looking beautiful," she said, as her visitor rose. "It is the prettiest place in Shadywalk."
"Oh, I am not in Shadywalk," said Mrs. Laval. "I am on the Millbrook. Yes, it is pretty; but it is terribly hard to get servants. They won't come from New York, and there are none here."
"Not many good ones," Mrs. Candy assented.
"None that will do for me. I am in despair. I have engaged a Swiss family at last. I expect them to arrive very soon."