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1 8 THE king's yard
own way, and so I
suppose
I must take him in.
Have you got anything beside the bundle, young
man "
?
" Yes, ma'am, but first I'll
pay you my
rent for a
week. Then I'll
step out for half an hour, and you
can talk it over with your husband."
Accordingly Mr. Hill paid down ten shillings and
left the house. Mrs. Mildwater, from the moment
her lodger's back was turned until he came in at bedtime,
spent the interval soundly rating her Mildwas
for being so ready to take in a young man from
America, where the people were all rebels and savage
Indians.