'Well, suppose I am not very happy, Becky, and suppose I have some good
reason for pretending, as you call it, to be so. Suppose that I do
not wish to grieve your dear old mistress and Miss Lilian by allowing
them to see that I am unhappy. It is of great importance that I should
appear cheerful to-day; and I want you to help me as much as possible
to make them think that I am, for--Becky, I am going away, and they
must not know I am going.'