Rebekah stared, but said nothing. This was revolutionary indeed.
"If they please, the girls can bring their friends; we will have a course of gymnastics as well as a school for lawn tennis. You see, Mr. Goslett, that I have not forgotten what you said once."
"What was that, Miss Kennedy? It is very good of you to remember anything that I have said. Do you mean that I once, accidentally, said a thing worth hearing?"
"Yes: you said that money was not wanted here so much as work. That is what I remembered. If you can afford it, you may work with us, for there is a great deal to do."
"I can afford it for a time."
"We shall work again from half-past eleven until one. Then we shall stop for dinner."
"They bring their own dinner," said Rebekah. "It takes them five minutes to eat it. You will have to give them tea."
"No: I shall give them dinner too. And because growing girls are dainty and sometimes cannot fancy things, I think a good way will be for each of them, even the youngest, to take turns in ordering the dinner and seeing it prepared."
Rebekah groaned. What profits could stand up against such lavish expenditure as this?