Then he said Faith Longley was of a better set of
people, but I am sure it would give one the nightmare to see her
lumbering about the house, and then he talked it over with Robert and
with Rachel.'
'And was not Rachel against it, or was she too kind to her young
ladies?'
'Oh! she was cross when she talked it over with us,' said Lily; 'but
we coaxed her over, and she told the Baron it would do very well.'
'And Robert?'
'He was quite with us, for he likes Esther as much as I do,' said
lily.
'Now, Lily,' said Jane, 'how can you say he was quite with you, when
he said he thought it would be better if she was farther from home,
and under some older person?'
'Yes, but he allowed that she would be much safer here than at home,'
said Lily.
'But I thought she used to be the head of all the ill behaviour in
school,' said Claude.
'Oh! that was in Eleanor's time,' said Lily; 'there was nothing to
draw her out, she never was encouraged; but since she has been in my
class, and has found that her wishes to do right are appreciated and
met by affection, she has been quite a new creature.'
'Since she has been in MY class,' Claude repeated.
'Well,' said Lily, with a slight blush, 'it is just what Robert says.
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