Finally he turned again to her.

"You spoke of leaving here, why not do so now, soon? Put it to Morton
that you need his protection and help, and go to Boston. You have some
means?"

"Yes." If Sara had mentioned the sum of these, the young man would have
been aghast; but, accustomed as she was to the most frugal living, it
seemed large to her.

"Then what is to hinder?" eagerly. "Uncle Leon will stay there this
winter, anyhow; and they can find you a small flat, where you could keep
house in a cosey way. Then there are things you can do at home, I am
sure; things for the Woman's Exchange, say, that'll help you out."

Sara's eyes brightened. It was her dream to go out into that wider life
she had read of, and this seemed her opportunity.

"What would I have to pay for such rooms?" she asked.

"Oh, that would depend on locality, the conveniences, and so on;
probably from eighteen to thirty dollars, although I am more familiar
with Western than Eastern rentals, but I presume that's somewhere near
it."

Sara, supposing him to mean this as the yearly rental, thought it
moderate enough, and went on,--

"If it were not for baby, I could teach perhaps, or go out to sew; but