Would he say a good word for her rooms to his numerous friends, as they left Rome?
He said a good word for them now to Mrs.Hudson, and told her in dollars and cents how cheap a summer's lodging she might secure.

He dwelt upon the fact that she would strike a truce with tables-d'hote and have a cook of her own, amenable possibly to instruction in the Northampton mysteries.

He had touched a tender chord; Mrs.Hudson became almost cheerful.

Her sentiments upon the table-d'hote system and upon foreign household habits generally were remarkable, and, if we had space for it, would repay analysis; and the idea of reclaiming a lost soul to the Puritanic canons of cookery quite lightened the burden of her depression.

While Rowland set forth his case Roderick was slowly walking round the magnificent Adam, with his hands in his pockets.