Joan went with her to the widely advertised "Emporium" in the City Road, meaning to advise her.

But, in the end, she gave it up out of sheer pity.

Nor would her advice have served much purpose, confronted by the "rich and varied choice" provided for his patrons by Mr.Krebs, the "Furnisher for Connoisseurs." "We've never had a home exactly," explained Mrs.Phillips, during their journey in the tram.

"It's always been lodgings, up to now.

Nice enough, some of them; but you know what I mean; everybody else's taste but your own.