"I do not know what you mean by being kept here. This is your home, and this is where you may make up your minds to live."
"But we are to go back?" demanded Sophia. Georgiana stood by in silence, listening, resolving, and biding her time.
"You'll not return to London this season," said Mr. Longestaffe, turning himself abruptly to a newspaper which he held in his hands.
"Do you mean that that is settled?" said Lady Pomona.
"I mean to say that that is settled," said Mr. Longestaffe.

"I do not know what you mean by being kept here. This is your home."
"But we are to go back?" demanded Sophia. Georgiana waited in silence, biding her time.
"You'll not return to London this season," said Mr. Longestaffe, turning abruptly to his newspaper. "That is settled."
