'This place is a big box room really, but it will do for you.

There's your skylight, or your north light, or whatever window you call it, and plenty of room to thrash about in, and a bedroom beyond.

What more do you need ?' 'Good enough,' said Dick, looking round the large room that took up a third of a top story in the rickety chambers overlooking the Thames.

A pale yellow sun shone through the skylight and showed the much dirt of the place.

Three steps led from the door to the landing, and three more to Torpenhow's room.