Atthattime (GeorgeKervelensaid) IwaslivinginfurnishedlodgingsintheRuedesSaints-Pères.
WhenmyfatherhadmadeuphismindthatIshouldgotoParistocontinuemylawstudies, , butmypoormotherwassoanxious, thatshesaidtomyfatherthatifIspentmymoneybadlyImightnottakeenoughtoeat, andthenmyhealthwouldsuffer, andsoitwassettledthatacomfortableboarding-houseshouldbefoundforme, andthattheamountshouldbepaidtotheproprietorhimself, orherself, everymonth.
, anativeofBrittany, whotookinboarders, andsomyfatherarrangedmattersbyletterwiththisrespectableperson, atwhosehouseIandmyluggagearrivedoneevening.
, hadavoicelikeadrill-sergeant, , withonlyonewindowopeningontothestreetoneachstory, whichrathergaveittheappearanceofaladderofwindows, orbetter, perhaps, ofasliceofahousesandwichedinbetweentwoothers.
Thelandladylivedonthefirstfloorwithherservant, thekitchenanddining-roomwereonthesecond, andfourboardersfromBrittanylivedonthethirdandfourth, andIhadtworoomsonthefifth.
, noisilysuperintendingeverything, seeingthatthebedswereproperlymade, theclotheswellbrushed, iftheattendancewereallthatitshouldbe; inaword, shelookedafterherboarderslikeamother, andbetterthanamother.
, butallimpartiallyenduredthelandlady'.
I, however, immediatelyfeltthatIwishedtobeindependent; , ', andthensaid:
"Itisquiteimpossible; -of-doorsatsuchatime."
Irepliedfirmlythat, accordingtothelaw, shewasobligedtoopenthedoorformeatanytime.
"Ifyourefuse," Isaid, "Ishallgetapolicemantowitnessthefact, andgoandgetabedatsomehotel, atyourexpense, , therefore, ."
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