A day or two later she was joined by her landlady.

Mrs.P.had too large a nature to permit an anonymous letter, written by her own hand, to stand between her and her demeanor to her little lodger.

So she coddled her and flattered her and depicted in slightly exaggerated colors the grief of Don Royal at her sudden departure.

All of which Miss Carmen received in a demure, kitten-like way, but still kept quietly at her work.

In due time Don Royal's order was completed; still she had leisure and inclination enough to add certain touches to her ghastly sketch of the crumbling furnace.
Nevertheless, as Don Royal did not return, through excess of business, Mrs.Plodgitt turned an honest penny by letting his room, temporarily, to two quiet Mexicans, who, but for a beastly habit of cigarrito smoking which tainted the whole house, were fair enough lodgers.