About noon they were landed there, and then their search began.

Oh, the weariness of that long day! Oh, the painful experience of the three! They knew nothing about London prices--they had not an idea whether they were being imposed upon or not.
"On one point we have quite made up our minds," said Jasmine, sturdily; "we won't go back to the Mansion until we have found rooms." The truth of Mrs.Dredge's prophecy became only too apparent.

All the apartments that were bright and clean and cheery were quite too expensive for Primrose's slender purse.

At last she came to a resolution.
"Girls," she said, "we must take rooms that look dirty, and make them clean.

We have at least been taught how to polish, and how to scrub, and how to clean.