“He made a fuss outside, which I disregarded, and after a time he went away.

“But this brought matters to a crisis. I did not know what he would do, nor even what he had the power to do. To move to fresh apartments would have meant delay; altogether I had barely twenty pounds left in the world, for the most part in a bank⁠—and I could not afford that. Vanish! It was irresistible. Then there would be an inquiry, the sacking of my room.