And yet Godfrey had spoken very decidedly just now. But
men, even very shrewd, intelligent men, are at a hopeless disadvantage
when dealing with the type of woman to which Enid Crofton belonged.
As for Janet she exclaimed, with sudden passion, "I would give anything
in this world to see Mrs. Crofton leave Beechfield for ever--" She
stopped abruptly, for at that moment the staircase door to her right
burst open, and Timmy stepped down into the scullery.
CHAPTER XXVI
Since she had had the horrid accident which had laid her up, Timmy had
not gone to see his old Nanna nearly as often as he ought to have done.
Nanna herself, however, with the natural cunning of those who love, had
made certain rules which ensured her a regular, daily glimpse of the
strange little being she had had under her charge, as she would have
expressed it, "from the month." Nanna did not desire his attendance
before breakfast for she would not have considered herself fit to be
seen by him till she herself was neat and tidy. Like all the women of
her class and generation, the Tosswills' old family nurse was full of
self-respect, and also imbued with a stern sense of duty.
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