Has his widow any resources of her own ?" "My purse is hers!" "Very generous, I am sure! Even the humblest lodgings are dear in this neighbourhood.

However--with your assistance--your old servant may be able to live somewhere near you." Having settled the question of Teresa's life in London in this way, Mrs.Gallilee returned to the prime object of her suspicion--she took possession of the travelling bag.
Carmina looked at her with the submission of utter bewilderment.

Teresa had been the companion of her life; Teresa had been received as her attendant, when she was first established under her aunt's roof.

She had assumed that her nurse would become a member of the household again, as a matter of course.

With Teresa to encourage her, she had summoned the resolution to live with Ovid's mother, until Ovid came back.