Miss Bell arose late the next morning, which was not unusual.

Mrs.Jordan had knocked three times vainly, and then left the young lady's chop and coffee outside the door on the landing.

If she _would_ 'ave it cold, Mrs.
Jordan reasoned, she would, and more warnin' than knockin' three times no livin' bean could expect Mrs.Jordan went downstairs uneasy in her mind, however.

The matter of Miss Bell's breakfast generally left her uneasy in her mind.

It was not in reason, Mrs.Jordan thought, that a young littery lady should keep that close, for Elfrida's custom of having her breakfast deposited outside her door was as invariable as it was perplexing.