human
To think I should have mistaken my uncle for some one going to see after the drawing-rooms!
gpt
Ay, lass, you looked fairly dazed when I came up with my hand stretched out, hoping for a kiss, he said;
human
We do not need all the room in this house, so I generally have some one in the drawing-room, she answered--
gpt
Are your rooms free now, Charlotte?
human
No; but in a week they will be.
gpt
Suppose you let the old uncle have them? I will pay any rent you like to ask. The fact is, I have lost my whole heart to that little Daisy of yours. I want to be near the child. I won't spoil her more than I can help.
human
Then I _was_ called down to my drawing-room lodger,
gpt
Yes, and I don't expect he will want to leave in a hurry. The fact is I have been so utterly friendless and homeless for such a number of years, that it is _nearly_ as good as finding Daisy to be with her child. But, my dear lass, you will forgive a frank old man asking you a frank question. It's all moonshine about the house being too big for you. These houses are not so very monstrous, to judge by the looks of them. You have three children, so you tell me; if you let two rooms you must be a bit crippled, put as good a face on it as you will.
human
We also want the money. The want of the help this brings in, in the matter of rent, is our true reason for letting, replied Charlotte.
gpt
You see, Uncle Sandy, my husband is a clergyman--a clergyman and curate. Such men are never over-burdened with money.