I fancy she tried taking lodgers--" "Yes, she did.

I understood she was very good at housekeeping." "She hasn't got any lodgers now.

There she is, all alone in that house, and--" "But she can't be _starving_!" Hilda protested.

At intervals she glanced at the inner door, alarmed.
"I really think she is," Janet persisted, softly persuasive.
"But what's to be done ?" "That's the point.

I've just seen her.