“I shall take the funeral myself. I promised Louisa I would never let anyone else bury her.”
Philip looked at his uncle with disapproval when he took a second piece of cake. Under the circumstances he could not help thinking it greedy.
“Mary Ann certainly makes capital cakes. I’m afraid no one else will make such good ones.”
“She’s not going?” cried Philip, with astonishment.
Mary Ann had been at the vicarage ever since he could remember. She never forgot his birthday, but made a point always of sending him a trifle, absurd but touching. He had a real affection for her.