She often thought afterward how strange it was that just as she had finished saying this—just at that very moment—Miss Amelia came into the room.
“Sara,” she said, “your papa’s solicitor, Mr. Barrow, has called to see Miss Minchin, and, as she must talk to him alone and the refreshments are laid in her parlor, you had all better come and have your feast now, so that my sister can have her interview here in the schoolroom.”
She often thought afterward how strange it was that just as she had finished saying this—just at that very moment—Miss Amelia came into the room.
“Sara,” she said, “your papa’s solicitor, Mr. Barrow, has called to see Miss Minchin, and, as she must talk to him alone and the refreshments are laid in her parlor, you had all better come and have your feast now, so that my sister can have her interview here in the schoolroom.”
