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By standing close to the window one caught a glimpse of the trees in Bloomsbury Square and through their bare branches of the sky beyond. "There's nothing much to do for the next half hour, till Cook comes back. I'll see to the door if you'd like a run out?" suggested Mrs. Pennycherry.
She spoke crossly. She was feeling cross, with the stranger, with herself particularly with herself. "You were kind enough to reduce it to that amount," replied the stranger; "but if upon reflection you find yourself unable " "I was making a mistake," said Mrs. Pennycherry, "it should have been two pound ten."
"A room to sleep in," explained the stranger, " any room will do with food and drink sufficient for a man, is all that I require." "For breakfast," began Mrs. Pennycherry, "I always give " "What is right and proper, I am convinced," interrupted the stranger. "Pray do not trouble to go into detail, Mrs. Pennycherry. With whatever it is I shall be content." Mrs.
And then it was that Miss Kite experienced precisely the same curious sensation that an hour or so ago had troubled Mrs. Pennycherry when the stranger had first bowed to her.
Constables whose beat included Bloomsbury Square had their reasons for not liking Mrs. Pennycherry. Indeed it might have been difficult to discover any human being with reasons for liking that sharp-featured lady. Maybe the keeping of second-rate boarding houses in the neighbourhood of Bloomsbury does not tend to develop the virtues of generosity and amiability.
"Someone has recommended me to you," began Mrs. Pennycherry; "may I ask who?" But the stranger waved the question aside as immaterial. "You might not remember him," he smiled. "He thought that I should do well to pass the few months I am given that I have to be in London, here. You can take me in?" Mrs. Pennycherry thought that she would be able to take the stranger in.
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