Miss Slowcum, now! Miss Jasmine, between you and me I don't admire Miss Slowcum." "Oh, she's very kind," answered Jasmine; "but look here, Mrs.Dredge, what I want to consult you about has nothing at all to say to education, and it has a great deal to say to experience.

It's a great secret, Mrs.Dredge, but we want to find cheap lodgings." "Oh, my dear! and don't you want to abide at the Mansion--all things considered, it's a respectable and safe quarter--you are all three young and attractive, my dears, and you have the advantage of being guarded here by women who have years on their shoulders.

Yes, my dear Miss Jasmine, with the exception of your three selves and the maid Sarah, there is no one in Penelope Mansion who will ever see fifty again.

Don't talk to me of Miss Slowcum being younger than that--I know better." "Dear Mrs.Dredge, it is a secret, but we are really not going to stay here long, and we want, if possible, to find very cheap lodgings." "Very cheap, love; and you think I can guide you?
Well, well, I have had, as you wisely say, my experiences.

About what figure would you be inclined to go to, my dear ?" "I don't know," answered Jasmine.