But poor Miss Farrel was thrown back upon the mercies of Miss Hart and the feather-beds and the hotel.
There were other considerations besides the feather-beds and the poor fare which conspired to render the hotel an undesirable boarding-place.

Miss Farrel might as well have been under the espionage of a private detective as with Miss Hart.

If Miss Hart was suspicious of dire mischief in the cases of her other boarders, she was certain in the case of Eliza Farrel.

She would not have admitted her under her roof at all had she not been forced thereto by the necessity for money.

Miss Hart herself took care of Miss Farrel's room sometimes.