I looked at her with much pleasure ; it gladdened me to see how much , nay , how totally a child she still was , despite her Churchill height . Her hair , under her velvet cap , still hung over her shoulders in the same thick plaits ; her face had the firm leanness of early youth , but its curves were very fine and delicate . The brown skin , that worried Sara so , was flushed through with dusky color from her gallop ; her long , dark eyes were filled with the beautiful unconsciousness of childhood . More than all , the soul in her was still the soul of a child . I found myself wishing that it could always remain so . But I knew it could not ; the woman must blossom out some day ; it was my duty to see that the flower fulfilled the promise of the bud . When I told Betty that she must go away to a school for a year , she shrugged , frowned and consented . Betty had learned that she must consent to what I decreed , even when my decrees were opposed to her likings , as she had once fondly believed they never would be . But Betty had acquired confidence in me to the beautiful extent of acquiescing in everything I commanded . `` I 'll go , of course , since you wish it , Stephen , '' she said . `` But why do you want me to go ? You must have a reason -- you always have a reason for anything you do . What is it ? '' `` That is for you to find out , Betty , '' I said . `` By the time you come back you will have discovered it , I think . If not , it will not have proved itself a good reason and shall be forgotten . '' When Betty went away I bade her good-by without burdening her with any useless words of advice . `` Write to me every week , and remember that you are Betty Churchill , '' I said . Betty was standing on the steps above , among her dogs . She came down a step and put her arms about my neck .
`` I 'll remember XXXXX you are my friend and that I must live up to you , '' she said .
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