Mr. Wickfield thought I could. After a little discussion, he proposed to take my aunt to the school,that she might see it and judge for herself; also, to take her, with the same object, to two or three houses where he thought I could be boarded. My aunt embracing the proposal, we were all three going out together, when he stopped and said:
'Our little friend here might have some motive,perhaps, for objecting to the arrangements. I think we had better leave him behind?'