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Soe, chattering like a pie about the children, the treasure hunt, and about Mrs Minchee

"Mrs Minchem?" Eleanor inquired "I don’t like that name"

Villiers didn’t like it hter "You can’t judge people by their nae you by the na an eyebrow

But Lisette galloped ahead "You knohat I mean," she cried "It’s a heavy name, isn’t it? Don’t you think so, Leopold?"

"It’s a queen’s name," he said "A chaste name" He didn’t look at Eleanor "Yes, I think it sounds like the kind of queen who is locked in a tower and never allowed to fall in love"

"That’s sad," Lisette said, her

"Whereas your name is as pretty as you are," he said

Eleanor’s eyes narrowed and he realized too late that he had inadvertently implied that Lisette was prettier than Eleanor Lisette was prettier than Eleanor, but since Eleanor had that sultry ladybird look, no red-blooded man in the vicinity of the two of the

He could hardly point that out, though, so he just leaned forward as the carriage jolted to a halt and exah, but it looked like a es and children’s workhouses in the last two months, and had yet to see one that he’d want to live in

Not that the question was really important He was a duke He’d never even noticed the many places he wouldn’t want to live in before, so as he giving a second thought to the issue now?

He was still thinking about the many unpleasantries that dukes never contee’s headmistress

Mrs Minchem, unfortunately, lived up to her evocative na, bitter woman, the kind of woman whose small mouth was more vertical than horizontal She looked like an irate rodent But she sle tooth

"Your Grace," she said, dropping into a curtsy that le "And Lady Lisette, what an honor it is to welcome you to Brocklehurst Hall Lady Eleanor, it is indeed an honor" The ribbons on top of her cap trembled with her e at her pinchedof his children for the moment

"We would much appreciate a tour of your establish smile

Mrs Minchem wasn’t stupid; she actually recoiled There ht, that wasn’t quite as benevolent as it could have been

"Do you take both boys and girls?" Eleanor asked, intervening

Mrs Mincheated by the Watch "No, indeed, e is run by a ladies’ committee, and we allow orphans of the female persuasion only"

Villiers instantly felt twice asaround the roo so the dells "What do your orphans become when they leave your establishment?" he inquired

"Not that!" Mrs Minchem said "Good women is what they become"