He had left off cigars first, then even his pipe.

He gave the money which he saved thereby to Mrs.Atkins as a bonus on his board money.
The lamp burned dimly in the blue fog of tobacco smoke, and the windows where the curtains were not drawn were blanks of silvery moonlight.

Ellen sat on the doorstep outside and heard the talk.

She did not understand it, nor take much interest in it.

Their minds were fixed upon the way of living, and hers upon life itself.