"Oh, indeed! And I am Mrs. Austin."
"How much a week shall I have to pay you for your attic, if I take it?"
"Well, miss, there is not very much furniture in it."
"All the better. I shall require a good deal of room for my own things."
"Shall you require much attendance?"
"Oh, no, very little! But people will come to see me sometimes, and they will bring things and take them away--there will be a little wear and tear of your stair carpets."
"I see, miss. Would six shillings a week be too much for you to pay?"
"No, I can pay that." The girl's face brightened; she had feared the rent would be heavier. "And I can give you a month's pay in advance."
Mrs. Austin looked pleased. When they reached Messrs. Boothby & Barton's she went in alone to see Doris, and speedily returned, saying Miss Anderson had readily consented to the arrangement. She would remove her few things out of the garret that evening, and then it would be quite ready for Miss Sinclair.
"That is very kind of her. She must be very pleasant," said Miss Sinclair. "I have been wondering," she continued, "what work a lady who paints can find to do in a shop like this?"