'I've plenty o' work o' my own to see to.' 'May I look into the rooms, then ?' 'Didn't I say as you could?
What need o' so many words ?' Thyrza hesitated; but, the old creature having begun to beat a door-mat, she resolved to go forward boldly.

She peeped into all the cheerless chambers, then returned to the door.
'Don't you want to see the school-rooms ?' the old woman asked.

'Go along that passage, and mind the step at the end.' Thyrza was bolder now.

The aspect of the house had not depressed her, for she knew that it was to be thoroughly repaired and furnished, and she was predisposed to like everything she saw.

It would be her home, hers and Lyddy's; the dignity of occupying a whole house would have compensated for many little discomforts.