The housemistress kept them quartered very close, most like to save on coals. Two to a bed, and six beds in narrow pairs in each low ceilinged room. It was not so very different to the way things had been at home for him. At least here there was a pair of blankets each, and lamp oil enough not to bicker over it.
The constant closeness kept his mouth closed and his hands closer still, balled in his blankets the better to keep his secret. He watched though, as they stripped and washed and dressed. Listened to their teasing and their gossip.
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The constant closeness kept his mouth closed and his hands closer still, balled in his blankets the better to keep his secret. He watched though, as they stripped and washed and dressed. Listened to their teasing and their gossip.
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