“So they will, my dear. That is a great thing. Not that James ever complains; but it is right to spare our horses when we can. If I could be sure of the rooms being thoroughly aired⁠—but is Mrs. Stokes to be trusted? I doubt it. I do not know her, even by sight.”

“I can answer for everything of that nature, sir, because it will be under Mrs. Weston’s care. Mrs. Weston undertakes to direct the whole.”