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
skilful teaching will make her--what it will make her no one can
prophesy, but it is sure to be something worth working for. No doubt
I can get the money by a public appeal, and if it were for a dozen
children instead of one I would willingly do it, as indeed I have
done it many times in the past.
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