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Rh "She came to consult me about Soul Haven for the twins. I don’t think it a wholly bad plan.  The country is better for them than the city; we can manage occasional news of their welfare; it will tide to get over the brief interval of time needed by Mrs. Grubb for growing into a Chela; and in any event, they are sure to run away from the Haven as soon as they become at all conscious of their souls, a moment which I think will be considerably delayed.

"Mrs. Grubb will not yield Lisa until she is certain that the Soul Haven colonists will accept the twins without a caretaker; but unless the matter is quietly settled by the new year I shall find some heroic means of changing her mind. I have considered the matter earnestly for many months without knowing precisely how to find sufficient money for the undertaking.  My own income can be stretched to cover her maintenance, but it is not sufficient to give her the proper sort of education.  She is beyond my powers now, and perhaps—nay, of a certainty, if her health continue to improve—five years of skillful teaching will make her—what it will make her no one can