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"Well, I can't exactly tell you that," returned Miss Lillycrop, "but I can tell you that he has had a rise in the Post-Office Savings Bank, with an increase of salary, and that May declines to marry Aspel unless he agrees to live with her mother in the cottage at Nottinghill.
You'd have got bed and breakfast for five shillings, and that's more than enough. However, it's no use crying over spilt milk. You'll have to fetch your luggage, I suppose. You can go by train from Nottinghill Gate to Charing Cross. It's about as cheap as the 'bus, and much quicker. I'll come with you, and show you the way, if you like. A breath of fresh air will do me good."
Three days afterwards she found herself in London, in a very small but charming cottage in an out-of-the-way corner of Nottinghill.
"If you could have only kept us waiting five minutes longer!" thought Aspel, but he only said "Come along, Phil, I'll go home with you to-night." The evening was fine frosty and clear. "Shall we walk to Nottinghill?" asked Phil. "It's a longish tramp for you, May, but that's the very thing you want." May agreed that it was a desirable thing in every point of view, and George Aspel did not object.
I've taken a house a small house at Nottinghill, and your room in it is ready for you; so pack up at once, for we leave this to-morrow afternoon." "You jest, Phil." "I'm in earnest, mother." "But it is impossible," said the good lady, looking anxiously round; "I cannot pack up on so short notice. And the furniture "
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