26 THE SOUSINS

CHAPTER 111.
THE NEW HOME.

THe house does not seem very large, but the
steps, or, as we must say, now that we are in
New York, ‘the stoop,” looks very nice and tidy.
The door is quite clean, and the knobs of the
lock are as bright as silver. Now we will go
within the house. You need not take hold of
the bell-handle: I can take you in without ring-
ing. Now wearein. The hall is not very wide,
but the floorcloth which covers it is spotlessly
clean; and as we look up the stairs, the brass
rods which confine the carpet shine as if they
had just been cleaned. The parlour doors are
open. There is no fire to be seen in either of
the grates, yet the rooms are warm, though the
air was so frosty out of doors. Ah! I see now