"What would happen, Mrs. Hurtle?"
"He'd be up in town again in half a jiffey to see what sort of a place you'd got. Now, Ruby, I'll tell you what I'll do, if you'll say the word. I'll have him up here at once and you shan't go to Mrs. Buggins'." Ruby dropped her hands and stood still, staring at Mrs. Hurtle. "I will. But if he comes you mustn't behave this time as you did before."
"But I'm to go to Mrs. Buggins' to-morrow."
"We'll send to Mrs. Buggins and tell her to get somebody else. You're breaking your heart about going there;--are you not?"

"What would happen, Mrs. Hurtle?"
"He'd be up in town again in half a jiffy to see what sort of a place you'd got. Now, Ruby, I'll tell you what I'll do, if you'll say the word. I'll have him up here at once and you shan't go to Mrs. Buggins." Ruby stood still, staring at Mrs. Hurtle. "But if he comes you mustn't behave this time as you did before."
"But I'm to go to Mrs. Buggins tomorrow."
"We'll send to her and tell her to get somebody else. 