You are the ideal guest for the House of Living Alone." "I'll go and fetch David my Dog and Humphrey my Suit-case," said Sarah Brown.
At that moment a taxi was heard to arrive at the other side of the ferry, and the ferryman's voice was heard shouting: "All right, all right, I'll be there in half a tick." "I hope this isn't Peony in a taxi," said the witch.

"I get so tired of expelling guests.

She's been drawing her money, which may have been tempting." They listened.
They heard someone alight from the ferry-boat, and the voice of Miss Meta Mostyn Ford asking the ferryman: "Do you know anything about a young woman of the name of Watkins, living at Number 100 Beautiful Way----" "No, he doesn't," shouted the witch, opening the shop door.

"But do step in.

We met yesterday, you may remember.