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It looked larger, wider, and less crowded; its hard practical, workhouse-like formality had disappeared. He had paused to survey it, panting still with his unusual exertion, when a voice broke upon his solitude. "Well, I wanter know!" The voice was not Nelly's, but that of her mother, a large-boned, angular woman of fifty, who had entered the room unperceived.
Mauleverer's own lodgings were near at hand, and he could inspect progress. The furniture was determined upon neat little iron beds for the dormitories, and all that could serve for comfort and even pleasure, for both Mr. Mauleverer and Rachel were strong against making the place bare and workhouse-like, insulting poverty and dulling the spirit.
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