Guy and Cicely Ramsey tell Dora they hope Dora's leaving Beacon Hill does not mean it will be closed down. "Valentine is so happy there and in his two terms has made such progress that we literally dread sending him elsewhere. His development from a shy unsociable child—alternatively bumptious and unresponsive, solitary and dependent, cowardly and obstinately aggressive—into the pleasant, companionable, joyous and self-reliant little chap he is today is to us not only a matter of rejoicing but of amazement, and of real congratulation to you."