Mrs.

Catherick. Four days ago

Mrs.

Catherick came here to see me, and brought her only child with her, a sweet little girl about a year older than our darling Laura⁠—’ ”

“ ‘You will be tired, my dear Philip, of hearing perpetually about my schools and my scholars. Lay the blame, pray, on the dull uniformity of life at Limmeridge, and not on me. Besides, this time I have something really interesting to tell you about a new scholar.