Don't you ever let any one set you against respectability.

It's the most satisfying thing I know of in this world--and about the cheapest.
"'I was nearly three years with this family, and was sorry when I had to go.

I should never have left if I could have helped it, but one day something happened at the bank which necessitated the banker's taking a sudden journey to Spain, and, after that, the house became a somewhat unpleasant place to live in.

Noisy, disagreeable people were continually knocking at the door and making rows in the passage; and at night folks threw bricks at the windows.
"'I was in a delicate state of health at the time, and my nerves could not stand it.

I said good-bye to the town, and making my way back into the country, put up with a county family.
"'They were great swells, but I should have preferred them had they been more homely.