Chapter 13 No.13

"I'm to be your neighbor for the winter," he said. "My experience as house-keeper is limited. I set up my Lares and Penates to-day and forgot that man must eat. Will you sell me bread and fresh eggs?"

"Lares and Penates," both Eliza and Beth knew the meaning of those words. Roman mythology! A strange tramp, indeed, who could quote this.

"Will