The New Mistress

"Remember, Hazel," said Mrs Thorne, "remember this-we may be reduced in circumstances; we may have been compelled by misfortune to come down into this wretched little town, and to live in this miserable, squeezy, poorly-furnished house or cottage, with the light kept out by the yellow glass, and scarcely a chimney that does not smoke; we may be compelled to dress shab-" "Yes, yes, mother dear-"