"I pray to heaven it may end well!" said I.
He nodded comfortingly. "You see, whatever you do, don't you go and fret yourself. You keep yourself cool and equal for anything that may happen, and it'll be the better for you, the better for me, the better for Lady Dedlock, and the better for Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet."
He was really very kind and gentle, and as he stood before the fire warming his boots and rubbing his face with his forefinger, I felt a confidence in his sagacity which reassured me. It was not yet a quarter to two when I heard horses' feet and wheels outside. "Now, Miss Summerson," said he, "we are off, if you please!"

"I pray to heaven it may end well!" said I.
He nodded comfortingly. "Don't you fret yourself. You keep yourself cool and equal for anything that may happen."
He was really very kind and gentle, and as he stood before the fire I felt a confidence in his wisdom which reassured me. It was not yet a quarter to two when I heard wheels outside.
"Now, Miss Summerson," said he, "we are off, if you please!"
