\"No；we\'venotimetowaste。I\'vegotaplacenearThirdAvenue，onanicecrossstreet，andIwanthimtotakeusthere。\"Itprovedthatshehadseveraladdressesneartogether，anditseemedbesttodismisstheircoupeanddotherestoftheirafternoon\'sworkonfoot。Itcametonothing；shewasnothumbledintheleastbywhatshehadseeninthetenement-housestreet；sheyieldednopointinheridealofaflat，andtheflatspersistentlyrefusedtolendthemselvestoit。Shelostallpatiencewiththem。
\"Oh，Idon\'tsaytheflatsareintherightofit，\"saidherhusband，whenshedenouncedtheirstupidinadequacytothepurposesofaChristianhome。\"ButI\'mnotsosurethatweare，either。I\'vebeenthinkingaboutthathomebusinesseversincemysensibilitiesweredragged——inacoupe——throughthattenement-housestreet。Ofcourse，nochildbornandbroughtupinsuchaplaceasthatcouldhaveanyconceptionofhome。
Butthat\'sbecausethosepoorpeoplecan\'tgivecharactertotheirhabitations。Theyhavetotakewhattheycanget。Butpeoplelikeus——
thatis，ofourmeans——dogivecharactertotheaverageflat。It\'smadetomeettheirtastes，ortheirsupposedtastes；andsoit\'smadeforsocialshow，notforfamilylifeatall。Thinkofababyinaflat!
It\'sacontradictioninterms；theflatisthenegationofmotherhood。