And you--what a slave have you been! and how unhappy! Can nothing be done except keeping boarders?
Oh, what would I not give for the dear seclusion of a home where no stranger's foot could enter!" "Some other mode of living must be sought, my son," replied Mrs.
Darlington.

"Added to all the evils attendant on the present mode, is that of a positive loss instead of a profit.

Several hundred dollars have been wasted already, and daily am I going in debt." "Then, mother, let us change at once," replied the young man.

"It would be better to shrink together in a single room than to continue as we are.

I will seek a clerkship in a store and earn what I can to help support the family." "I can think of nothing now but Miriam!" said Mrs.Darlington.