Come--a good movement! and let us be either off or on.' She opened her lips slowly.

'Ony raferences ?' she inquired, in a voice like a bell.
I opened my pocket-book and showed her a handful of bank bills.

'I think, madam, that these are unexceptionable,' said I.
'Ye'll be wantin' breakfast late ?' was her reply.
'Madam, we want breakfast at whatever hour it suits you to give it, from four in the morning till four in the afternoon!' I cried.

'Only tell us your figure, if your mouth be large enough to let it out!' 'I couldnae give ye supper the nicht,' came the echo.
'We shall go out to supper, you incorrigible female!' I vowed, between laughter and tears.

'Here--this is going to end! I want you for a landlady--let me tell you that!--and I am going to have my way.