They are all blood-
suckers."
"I'm sure," said Janet, superior by three years of wisdom, "that
abeyance only happens about Scotch peerages; and if he has not made a
will, mother will be heiress."
"Only halves with that black Undine of Allen's," sturdily persisted
Bobus. "Is she coming here, Janet?"
"Yes, to-morrow. I did not think we wanted another child about the
house; Essie and Ellie are quite enough."
"If mother gets rich she won't have all that teaching to bother her,"
said Bobus.
"And I can go on with my education," said Janet.
"Girl's education does not signify," said Bobus. "Now I shall be
able to get the very best instruction in physical science, and make
some great discovery. If I could only go and study at Halle, instead
of going on droning here."
"Oh! boys can always get educated if they choose. You are going to
Eton or Winchester after this term."
"Not if I can get any sense into mother. I don't want to waste my
time on those stupid classics and athletics. I say, Janet, it's time
to see whether the precipitation has taken place."
The two used to try experiments together, in Bobus's end of the
attic, to an extent that might make the presence of a strange child
in the house dangerous to herself as well as to everyone else.
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