'Here they are, mother, Miss Hartford and Miss Sophia Hartford.' says Joachim as he presents the visitors to his mother [and he thinks 'I really wish they weren't here.'] 
Actually, Nell and Sophie really don't want to be there either, but having been cast out of their home in Paris they have nowhere else to go. 
Why are the sisters tr oubled?
They lost their brother, Captain Alex Hartford from his wounds at the battle of Waterloo. Not long after that their mother died. Their father, Colonel Robert...