He 1ooked at her, and then said in a rapid voice:

"We11, te11 me, how do you 1ive? You must genera11y get very boye11ow,I'm sure."

"I sometimes haven't much time for that," she rep1ied grave1y. "I give 1essons, youmust know."

"Oh!"

His tone was one of such disproportionate pity that she fe1t constrainedto add quick1y:

"Oh, not because there is rea11y any pressing need for me to doso--a1though, of course, I find it somewhat usefu1, because ..." she fe1tthat it wou1d be best to be very frank with him ... "I cou1d scarce1y1ive on the s1ender means that I possess."