"Ah, that's a pity. But it doesn't matter much, so long as you and your baby are healthy. Will you show it to me?"
"He is asleep now, ma'am," Esther said, raising the bed-clothes; "there never was a healthier child."
"Yes, he seems healthy enough. You have a good supply of milk?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Fifteen shillings, and all found. Does that suit you?"
"I had expected a pound a week."
"It is only your first baby. Fifteen shillings is quite enough. Of course
I only engage you subject to the doctor's approval. I'll ask him to call."
"Very well, ma'am; I shall be glad of the place."
"Then it is settled. You can come at once?"
"I must arrange to put my baby out to nurse, ma'am."