It was only her simple-hearted mother that she
longed to tell. She knew that her mother's congratulations would
not jar upon her, though they might not sound the full organ-peal
of her love. But all that her mother knew passed onwards to her
father; so for the present, at any rate, she determined to
realise her secret position alone. Somehow, the sympathy of all
others that she most longed for was Ruth's; but the first
communication of such an event was due to her parents. She
imposed very strict regulations on Mr. Farquhar's behaviour; and
quarrelled and differed from him more than ever, but with a
secret joyful understanding with him in her heart, even while
they disagreed with each other--for similarity of opinion is not
always--I think not often--needed for fulness and perfection of
love.
After Ruth's "detection," as Mr. Bradshaw used to call it, he
said he could never trust another governess again; so Mary and
Elizabeth had been sent to school the following Christmas, and
their place in the family was but poorly supplied by the return
of Mr. Richard Bradshaw, who had left London, and been received
as a partner.
CHAPTER XXIX
SALLY TAKES HER MONEY OUT OF THE BANK
The conversation narrated in the last chapter as taking place
between Mr. Farquhar and Jemima, occurred about a year after
Ruth's dismissal from her situation. That year, full of small
events, and change of place to the Bradshaws, had been monotonous
and long in its course to the other household.
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