15/23 But what d'ye want ?" "I'd like to know if you can let me have a lodging. It'll suit me to live at Hampstead for a while." "But s'posing as it don't suit me to have you ?" "Then I must go somewhere else. I think Hannah would be glad if I was with you." "Aye, but you've been away from her goodness knows how long. What have you been a-doin' of all that while ?" "Play-acting. I had a part last week in a play at the Lincoln's Inn Theatre and Mr.Rich has promised me an engagement when the theatre opens for the winter season." "Oh," said Mrs.Higgins with a sniff which might have signified pity or contempt, or both. |