? ? ? ? 'Why, this is the very thing, aunt!' said I, flushed with the possible dignity of living in chambers.
? ? ? ? 'Then come,' replied my aunt, immediately resuming the bonnet she had a minute before laid aside. 'We'll go and look at 'em.'
? ? ? ? Away we went. The advertisement directed us to apply to Mrs. Crupp on the premises, and we rung the area bell, which we supposed to communicate with Mrs. Crupp. It was not until we had rung three or four times that we could prevail on Mrs. Crupp to communicate with us, but at last she appeared, being a stout lady with a flounce of flannel petticoat below a nankeen gown.
? ? ? ? 'Let us see these chambers of yours, if you please, ma'am,' said my aunt.
? ? ? ? 'For this gentleman?' said Mrs. Crupp, feeling in her pocket for her keys.
? ? ? ? 'Yes, for my nephew,' said my aunt.
? ? ? ? 'And a sweet set they is for sich!' said Mrs. Crupp.
? ? ? ? So we went upstairs.
? ? ? ? They were on the top of the house - a great point with my aunt, being near the fire-escape - and consisted of a little half-blind entry where you could see hardly anything, a little stone-blind pantry where you could see nothing at all, a sitting-room, and a bedroom.
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