regard of the other miss the lodged in the same house with herself and uncle this changed the s half formed design of remaining at the coffee shop until the should bring him word that had issued forth into the street he the with a confidential message to her that the visitor who had waited on her father last night begged the favor of a few words with her at her uncle s lodging he obtained from the same source full directions to the house which was very near dismissed the gratified with half a crown and having hastily refreshed himself at the repaired with all speed to the player s dwelling there were so many in this house that the door post seemed to be as full of bell handles as a cathedral organ is of stops doubtful which might be the stop he was considering the point when a flew out of the parlor window and alighted on his hat he then observed that in the parlor window was a blind with the inscription mr s academy also in another line evening little and behind the blind was a little white faced boy with a of bread and butter and a the window being accessible from the he looked in over the blind returned the and put his question said the little white faced boy master in fact mr third bell and one knock the pupils of mr appeared to have been making a of the street door it was so over in pencil the of the old and dirty dick in combination suggested intentions of personality on the part of mr s pupils there was ample time to make these observations before the door was opened by the poor old man himself ha said he very slowly remembering arthur you were shut in last night yes mr i hope to meet your niece here presently oh said he pondering out of my brother s way true would you come up stairs and wait for her thank you turning himself as slowly as he turned in his mind whatever he heard or said he led the way up the narrow stairs the house was very close and had an smell the little staircase windows looked in at the back windows of other houses as as itself with poles and lines thrust out of them on which linen hung as if the inhabitants were for clothes and had had some wretched not worth attending to in the back garret � a sickly room with a turn up in it so hastily and recently turned up that the blankets were boiling over as it were and keeping the lid open � a half finished breakfast of coffee and toast for two persons was down anyhow on a table there was no one there the old man to himself after some consideration that had run away went to the next room to fetch her back the visitor observing that she held the door on the inside and that when the uncle tried to open it there was a sharp of don t stupid and an appearance of loose and flannel concluded that the young lady was in an the uncle without appearing to come to any conclusion in again sat down in his chair and began warming his hands at the fire n ot that it was cold or that he had any waking idea whether it was or not what did you think of my brother sir he asked when he bye and bye discovered what he was doing left off reached over to the chimney piece and took his case down i was glad said arthur very much at a loss for his thoughts were on the brother before him to find him so well and cheerful ha muttered the old man yes yes yes yes yes arthur wondered what he could possibly want with the case he did not want it at all he discovered in due time that it was not the little paper of snuff which was also on the chimney piece put it back again took down the snuff instead and himself with a pinch he was as feeble spare and slow in his as in everything else but a certain little of enjoyment of them played is the poor worn nerves about the corners of his eyes and mouth f little mr what do you think of her lam much impressed mr by all that i have seen of her and thought of her my brother would have been quite lost without he returned we should all have been lost without she is a very good girl she does her duty arthur fancied that he heard in these praises a certain tone of custom which he had heard from the father last night with an inward protest and feeling of it was not that they her praises or were insensible to what she did for them but that they were lazily to her as they were to all the rest of their condition he fancied that although they had before them every day the means of comparison between her and one another and themselves they regarded her as being in her necessary place as holding a position towards them all which belonged to her like her name or her age he fancied that they viewed her not as having risen away from the prison atmosphere but as to it as being vaguely what they had a right to expect and nothing more her uncle resumed his breakfast and was toast in coffee of his guest when the third bell rang that was he said and went down to let her in leaving the visitor with as vivid a picture on his mind of his hands dirt worn face and decayed figure as if he were still drooping in his chair she came up after him in the usual plain dress and with the usual 