Thelittleladybeganherintroductionsinabreathlessvoice。
\"Good！\"HerrPaulsaid，puffingouthislips:\"Nowweknoweachother！\"and，brushinguptheendsofhismoustaches，hecarriedoffHarzintoanotherroom，decoratedwithpipe—racks，printsofdancing—
girls，spittoons，easy—chairswell—seasonedbycigarsmoke，Frenchnovels，andnewspapers。
ThehouseholdatVillaRubeinwasindeedofamixedandcuriousnature。Cutonbothfloorsbycorridors，theVillawasdividedintofourdivisions;eachofwhichhaditsseparateinhabitants，anarrangementwhichhadcomeaboutinthefollowingway:
WhenoldNicholasTreffrydied，hisestate，ontheboundaryofCornwall，hadbeensoldanddividedupamonghisthreesurvivingchildren——Nicholas，whowasmuchtheeldest，apartnerinthewell—