To Let, Furnished." The sign was not printed, but written on a half-sheet of foolscap, which was what led Clover to notice it.
She studied the house a while, then opened the gate, and went in.

Two or three steps led to a little piazza.

She seated herself on the top step, and tried to peep in at the closed blinds of the nearest window.
While she was doing so, a woman with a shawl over her head came hastily down a narrow side street or alley, and approached her.
"Oh, did you want the key ?" she said.
"The key ?" replied Clover, surprised; "of this house, do you mean ?" "Yes.

Mis Starkey left it with me when she went away, because, she said, it was handy, and I could give it to anybody who wished to look at the place.

You're the first that has come; so when I see you setting here, I just ran over.