'I've been an invalid myself' (he said); 'and the very reason I am leaving my present lodgings is that they are not quiet enough.' Isn't that just the sort of man we want?
And, let me tell you, a handsome man too.

With a drawback, I must own, in the shape of a bald head.

But such a beard, and such a thrilling voice! Hush! Did I hear her calling ?" At last, the landlady permitted other sounds to be audible, besides the sound of her own voice.

It became possible to discover that Carmina was now awake.

Teresa hurried into the bedroom.
Left by herself in the sitting-room, the landlady--"purely out of curiosity," as she afterwards said, in conversation with her new lodger--opened the cupboard, and looked in.
The canister stood straight before her, on an upper shelf.