The rent is abominably high; and what is the premium for, I wonder ?" "Always a premium in Mayfair, sir.

A lease is property here: the gentleman is not acquainted with this part, madam." "Oh, yes, he is," said Rosa, as boldly as a six years' wife: "he knows everything." "Then he knows that a house of this kind at a hundred and thirty pounds a year in Mayfair is a bank-note." Staines turned to Rosa.

"The poor patients, where am I to receive them ?" "In the stable," suggested the house agent.
"Oh!" said Rosa, shocked.
"Well, then, the coach-house.

Why, there's plenty of room for a brougham, and one horse, and fifty poor patients at a time: beggars musn't be choosers; if you give them physic gratis, that is enough: you ain't bound to find 'em a palace to sit down in, and hot coffee and rump steaks all round, doctor." This tickled Rosa so that she burst out laughing, and thenceforward giggled at intervals, wit of this refined nature having all the charm of novelty for her.
They inspected the stables, which were indeed the one redeeming feature in the horrid little Bijou; and then the agent would show them the kitchen, and the new stove.

He expatiated on this to Mrs.Staines.