I am very much interested in what I am doing, and besides--well, when one is poor, after 'seeing better days'"-- she laughed apologetically--"it is, perhaps, better--one can bear it better--to be alone." He gave another nod which indicated his complete comprehension.
"And there is so much to interest one in the people one sees and lives amongst.

Now here, in Brown's Buildings, in The Jail, one finds quite a large amount of amusement in--well, in noticing one's neighbours and fitting a history to them.

There is the young girl who lives on your floor; the girl who, you told me, is in the chorus of the 'Baby Queen'; I am sure she is dreaming of, and looking forward to, the time when she will be--principal lady, don't you call it ?--and there is the lady who lives opposite her; the old lady who always wears a black silk dress, a satin cloak, and a crape bonnet.

I am sure she has been 'somebody' in her time.

I met her one day on the stairs, carrying a milk-can.