Tea with Mr. Rochester
Frances Towers1949

The aunts asked innumerable questions, most of which were easy enough to answer. But now and again an oblique one came sideways from aunt Athene. "And is there any talking after light out?"
One had always remembered two cryptic remarks let fall by some grown-ups. "There never was such a person for consuming her own smoke as Elena" and "Athene has a such beautiful mind".
Aunt Athene had beautiful haire and a beautiful voice and beautiful laghter. Wasn't that enough?
So, when she said in a casual kind of voice - "Is there any talking after lights out" one knew what she meant. She meant - "Are the any horrid girls, who try to tell ou yhings you shouldn't know?"

Titre original : Tea with Mr. Rochester (1949)