"Well, now, ma'am," he faltered, "I--I hope you won't mind my sayin' it, but--but I don't know's I want to let this house at all.

I--I've had consider'ble many chances to rent it, but--but--" He could not seem to find a satisfactory ending to the sentence and so left it unfinished.

Mrs.Armstrong was evidently much disappointed, but she did not give up completely.
"I see," she said.

"Well, in a way I think I understand.

You prefer the privacy.