Mr.Tudor called me a charitable charwoman last evening; but this is an exceptional case,--so many helpless beings, and such shocking mismanagement and neglect.

When I put things on a proper footing I shall not spend so much time there.' 'What do you mean by putting things on a proper footing ?' he asked, with some show of interest.
'When the place has been properly cleaned it will be kept tolerably tidy with less labour.

Hope Weatherley has been hard at work for two days, and things are now pretty comfortable.' 'I suppose--excuse me if the question seems impertinent, but I imagine that you paid Hope out of your own purse ?' 'For those two days, certainly.

It was necessary for my own comfort, speaking selfishly, that the place should be made habitable.

My nursing would have been a mere mockery unless we could have got rid of the dirt,' 'You are perfectly right.