"They are, indeed," said Jane, "quiet, good children. I will answer for it that they will not disturb you in any way."
"I should like to see the kitchen, ma'am," said the old lady.
"We only want the use of it," snapped Dobbs. "Our kitchen fire goes out after dinner, and I boil the kettle for tea in the parlour."
"Would attendance be required?" asked Jane of the old lady.
"No, it wouldn't," answered Dobbs, in the same tart tone. "I wait upon my missis, and I wait upon myself, and we have a woman in to do the cleaning, and the washing goes out."
The answer gave Jane great relief. Attending upon lodgers had been a dubious prospect in more respects than one.
"It's a very good kitchen," said the old lady, as they went in, and she turned round in it.
"I'll be bound it smokes," said Dobbs.
"No, it does not," replied Jane.
"Where's the coalhouse?" asked Dobbs. "Is there two?"