Was it not wrong of that landlady to let her rooms to us when she had fever in them ?" "Infamously wrong," said Lord Hartledon warmly.
"She excused herself afterwards by saying, that as the people who had the fever were in quite a different part of the house from ours, she thought there could be no danger.

Papa was so angry.

He told her he was sorry the law did not take cognizance of such an offence.

We had been a week in the house before we knew of it." "How did you find it out ?" "The lady who was ill with it died, and Matilda saw the coffin going up the back stairs.

She questioned the servants of the house, and one of them told her all about it then, bit by bit.