"You know very little about them—not enough to talk."
"Mamma! As if one couldn't talk without knowing about things! Who is it, mamma? I want to know who will have the care of Rotha."
"It is not necessary you should know at present. Rotha can tell you, when she has tried them."
"I suppose I shall have the care of myself," said Rotha; to whom all this dialogue somehow sounded unpromising. To her remark no answer was made.
"Mamma, what will Rotha do there, all by herself?"
"She will have people all round her."
"She don't know them. You mean the Tanfield people?"
"Who else should live at Tanfield. I was one of the Tanfield people myself once."
"What sort of people are they, mamma?"
"Excellent people."