Such a horrid man tried to say nice things to me and I didn't like it a bit.

So they left me alone afterwards.

The girl I lived with and her mother are quite nice, and they have a few friends we go to see sometimes on Sunday or holidays.

It's dull, though, very dull, especially now they're away." "What on earth made you think of going on the stage at all ?" he asked.
"What could one do ?" she answered.

"My mother's money died with her--she had only an annuity--and my stepfather, who had promised to look after me, lost all his money and died quite suddenly.