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`` You must scold my grandfather , '' she said . `` He chooses to fancy that he is not well enough yet to leave ; and I am sure that he is , and will recover more quickly at home than here . '' `` Pooh ! '' said Waife ; `` you young things suppose we old folks can be as brisk as yourselves ; but if I am to be scolded , leave Mr. George unawed by your presence , and go out , my dear , while the sun lasts : I know by the ways of that blackbird that the day will be overcast by noon . '' As soon as they were alone , George said abruptly : `` Your Sophy is looking very ill , and if you are well enough to leave , it might be better for her to move from this gloomy house . Movement itself is a great restorative , '' added George , with emphasis . `` You see , then , that she looks ill -- very ill , '' said Waife deliberately ; `` and there is that in your manner which tells me you guess the cause . ''