Mrs. Heriot, joining in for the first time, spoke with emphasis—
'But it's going to cost a great deal more.'
'It's worth it,' said Miss Levering.
'But we'll have nothing left for the organ at St. Pilgrim's.'
'My dear Lydia,' said Lady John, 'we're putting the organ aside.'
'We can't afford to "put aside" the elevating influence of music.' Mrs. Heriot spoke with some asperity.
'What we must make for, first, is the cheap and humanely conducted lodging-house.'
'There are several of those already; but poor St. Pilgrim's——'
'There are none for the poorest women,' said Miss Levering.