She received me with the utmost humility, and apologized to me for giving her son a kiss, observing that, lowly as they were, they had their natural affections, which they hoped would give no offence to anyone.

It was a perfectly decent room, half parlour and half kitchen, but not at all a snug room.

The tea-things were set upon the table, and the kettle was boiling on the hob.

There was a chest of drawers with an escritoire top, for Uriah to read or write at of an evening; there was Uriah's blue bag lying down and vomiting papers; there was a company of Uriah's books commanded by Mr.Tidd; there was a corner cupboard: and there were the usual articles of furniture.

I don't remember that any individual object had a bare, pinched, spare look; but I do remember that the whole place had.
It was perhaps a part of Mrs.Heep's humility, that she still wore weeds.