“Only for coals and water to wash and drink.”
“And you wouldn’t dine at home?”
“No—nor anywhere else,” said Hugh; but the second and larger clause was sotto voce.
“And you wouldn’t smoke in-doors?”
“No.”
“And you would wipe your boots clean before you went up-stairs?”
“Yes, certainly.” Hugh was beginning to be exceedingly amused, but he kept his gravity wonderfully.
“Have you any money?”
“Yes; plenty for the meantime. But when I shall get more, I don’t know, you see.”
“Well, I’ve a room at the top of the house, which I’ll make comfortable for you; and you may stay as long as you like to behave yourself.”