"IF you please, ma'am, I've got the place, and the lady will give me ten pounds a year if you can let me go in a fortnight." Fanny had returned, highly elated at the success that had attended her efforts to "better herself," as she called it.
Mrs. Lloyd looked somewhat surprised. "The lady is coming to see me about your character, I suppose?" she said.
"I don't know, ma'am. She didn't say anything about that," answered Fanny.
"You think she is going to take you without a character?" asked Mrs. Lloyd.
"I don't know. I told her I had been living here, and gave her your address."
"Then perhaps she will call and see me," said Mrs. Lloyd. "I hope she will; it is always more satisfactory. How many are there in family at this place?" asked her friend; for she was a true friend to Fanny if she could only have believed it.
"I don't know. I didn't ask," said the girl, a little pertly.
"Is it a larger house than this?" asked Mrs. Lloyd.
"Oh yes; bigger than this," answered Fanny, in a tone of triumph, as though she owned the larger house.
"Tell me the name and address, that I may make some inquiries for you before you decide to take this place," said her mistress.