“But she will not let you stay here a day, you see.”
“I have been here a good deal, considering all things. I should like never to go away.”
“Perhaps papa might find a place for you, if you asked him. Which should you like,—to be tutor to the boys or gamekeeper?”
“On the whole, I should prefer the tutorship at present; you take so much interest in the boys.”
“Yes, because they have no one to look after them now in the holidays. But, when you come as tutor, I shall wash my hands of them.”
“Then I shall decline the situation.”
“How are you going home to-morrow?”
“I shall ride round by Englebourn. They wish me to go round and see Katie and Uncle Robert. You talked about riding over there yourself this morning.”
“I should like it so much. But how can we manage it? I can't ride back again by myself.”
“Couldn't you stay and sleep there?”