"Oh dear no," said Mrs. Gascoigne, "it would be much harder for you, my dear--it would be much less appropriate. You might not have a bedroom to yourself." And Gwendolen's memories of school suggested other particulars which forced her to admit to herself that this alternative would be no relief. She turned to her uncle again and said, apparently in acceptance of his ideas,

"Oh dear no," said Mrs. Gascoigne. "You might not have a bedroom to yourself."
Gwendolen said, apparently in acceptance,