At last Kitty finished; she heaved a long sigh and looked up.  "I had forgotten you were here, Mary," she said, "and as to you, Dolly--but there, it is beautiful, good news.  Father has arrived and has begun his work, and he says he has every chance of going up into the hills about the time that I shall have finished my education here.  Oh, it is such a relief to read his letter.  If you are very good indeed, Mary, and if you are very good, Dolly, you shall both hear some of my letter--not the private part, of course--but the public part, which speaks about father's wonderful interesting travels, and his sort of public life, the life he gives to his country.  Oh, dear!  I never saw anyone grander than dear, dear father!"