"Yes, sir."  She paused then.  "What if I am told something in privacy?"  She thought about the letter she had been given to take to town.  Now that she was to stay there, how was she to take it to town?  She would have to tell Mrs. Alice.  Would the woman still be wanting her to be her companion if she couldn't take the note?  Should she tell Mr. Appleton about it?  "If it isn't mine to say, should I tell you anyway?"