Miss Forsyth till arrangements have been made for
your comfortable return to Germany."

The colour rushed to Anna's face. Then she was
being turned out -- after all these years of devoted
service!

Perhaps something of what Anna was feeling betrayed
itself, for Mrs. Otway went on, nervously and
conciliatingly: "I did try to arrange for you to go and
spend the time with your daughter, but apparently they
will not allow Germans to be transferred from one
town to another without a great deal of fuss, and I
knew, Anna, that you would not really want to go to
the Pollits. I felt sure you would rather stay in
Witanbury. But if you dislike the idea of going to
Miss Forsyth, then I think I can arrange for you to
come out to Dorycote----" But even as she said the
words she knew that such an arrangement would never
work.

"No, no," said Anna, in German. "It does not matter
where I go for a few days. If I am in Miss Forsyth's
house I can see my gracious young lady from
time to time. She will ever be kind to her poor old
nurse." And Mrs. Otway could not find it in her heart
to tell Anna that Rose was also going away.

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