"It really seems to be a pity that you should be giving up this pretty place." "Leaving the house is not the worst of the sacrifice," answered Mrs.
Vanborough.

"If John finds Hampstead too far for him from London, of course we must move.

The only hardship that I complain of is the hardship of having the house to let." Mr.Vanborough looked across the table, as ungraciously as possible, at his wife.
"What have _you_ to do with it ?" he asked.
Mrs.Vanborough tried to clear the conjugal horizon b y a smile.
"My dear John," she said, gently, "you forget that, while you are at business, I am here all day.

I can't help seeing the people who come to look at the house.

Such people!" she continued, turning to Mr.Kendrew.
"They distrust every thing, from the scraper at the door to the chimneys on the roof.