"And I cannot afford to live otherwise than very simply anywhere.

I have been boarding in Orham for almost three months now and I feel that I have given it a trial." "Yes--yes, ma'am, but summer's considerable more lively than winter here on the Cape." "I have no desire for society.

I expect to be quiet and I wish to be.

Mr.Winslow, would you consider letting me occupy this house-- unfurnished, of course?
I should dearly love to take it just as it is--this furniture is far more fitting for it than mine--but I cannot afford forty dollars a month.

Provided you were willing to let me hire the house of you at all, not for the summer alone but for all the year, what rent do you think you should charge ?" Jed's embarrassment increased.