Did she talk as if they were well off ?" "She talked as if they were poor; poo' she called it." "Yes, how queerly she pronounced," said Mrs.Leighton.

"Well, I ought to have told them that I required the first week in advance." "Mamma! If that's the way you're going to act!" "Oh, of course, I couldn't, after he wouldn't let her bargain for the rooms.

I didn't like that." "I did.

And you can see that they were perfect ladies; or at least one of them." Alma laughed at herself, but her mother did not notice.
"Their being ladies won't help if they've got no money.

It 'll make it all the worse." "Very well, then; we have no money, either.