“I shall have my supper in another room,” I said. “Have you no place you call a parlour?”

“ Parlour! ” he echoed, sneeringly, “ parlour! Nay, we’ve noa parlours . If yah dunnut loike wer company, there’s maister’s; un’ if yah dunnut loike maister, there’s us.”

“Then I shall go upstairs,” I answered; “show me a chamber.”

I put my basin on a tray, and went myself to fetch some more milk. With great grumblings, the fellow rose, and preceded me in my ascent: we mounted to the garrets; he opened a door, now and then, to look into the apartments we passed.