"I'm here to find a place and support myself." Mrs.Wylie continued to eye her dubiously.

"Well, I have no wish to pry into your affairs.

'Mind your own business,' that's my rule." She spoke with defiance, as if the contrary were being asserted by some invisible person who might appear and gain hearing and belief.

She went on: "If Mr.Ellison wants it, why I suppose it's all right.

But you can't stay out later'n ten o'clock." "I shan't go out at all of nights," said Susan eagerly.
"You _look_ quiet," said Mrs.Wylie, with the air of adding that appearances were rarely other than deceptive.
"Oh, I _am_ quiet," declared Susan.