Together with Stephen Thorne and his wife, Lady Earle went over
the Elms. The situation delighted her; nothing could be better
or more healthy for the children, but the interior of the house
must be altered. Then with delicate grace that could only charm,
never wound, Lady Earle unfolded her plans. She wished a new
suite of rooms to be built for Dora and the children, to be
nicely furnished with everything that could be required. She
would bear the expense. Immediately on her return she would send
an efficient French maid for the little ones, and in the course
of a year or two she would engage the services of an accomplished
governess, who would undertake the education of Beatrice and
Lillian without removing them from their mother's care.
"I shall send a good piano and harp," said Lady Earle, "it will
be my pride and pleasure to select books, music, drawings, and
everything else my grandchildren require. I should wish them
always to be nicely dressed and carefully trained. To you, Dora,
I must leave the highest and best training of all. Teach them to
be good, and to do their duty.
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