“I am quite content to wait.”
“Ah, you’re just in the right state of mind to be converted; you’re in a fair way to become one of his greatest admirers. They say he is so agreeable in private life; I am dying to know him.—Do I hear a ring at the bell? Is somebody else coming to see you?”
The servant brought in a card and a message.
“The person will call again, miss.”
Emily looked at the name written on the card.
“Mrs. Ellmother!” she exclaimed.
“What an extraordinary name!” cried Francine. “Who is she?”
“My aunt’s old servant.”
“Does she want a situation?”
Emily looked at some lines of writing at the back of the card. Doctor Allday had rightly foreseen events. Rejected by the doctor, Mrs. Ellmother had no alternative but to ask Emily to help her.