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Rh for their young guest. It was many months before Allan could prevail on them to have their meals in the second parlour, which was certainly the proper dining-room, but which was made the sitting-parlour in order that the best room might be always kept in order. He suggested that Amy had not been used to associate with such people as themselves, and still less with such as their servants, and the girls from town seconded his request that there should be a separation; but as Mrs. Lindsay and Jessie said, they did not take any of the trouble, and it was a convenience to have all the confusion of the meals in the kitchen—Jessie in particular objected to any innovation; she felt like the ladies of old Saxon time, and liked to be the dispenser of food to the establishment; and though her father did not make so much objection to the change, she was sure that he would miss the opportunity of talking over what had been done and planning what was to be done next, with both Allan and George.

It was on one occasion when Amy had observed George's thoughtfulness and consideration for Allan that he asked her if she would mind including Copeland with the family, for certainly he was superior in every way to the other servants and chance travellers, and it might remove some of the difficulties. Amy liked George and