He
thought, too, that some of them went up to Miss Maitland's. Mrs. Jupp,
the landlady, told Ernest that these were brothers and cousins of Miss
Snow's, and that she was herself looking out for a situation as a
governess, but at present had an engagement as an actress at the Drury
Lane Theatre. Ernest asked whether Miss Maitland in the top back was
also looking out for a situation, and was told she was wanting an
engagement as a milliner. He believed whatever Mrs. Jupp told him.
CHAPTER LIV
THIS move on Ernest's part was variously commented upon by his
friends, the general opinion being that it was just like Pontifex, who
was sure to do something unusual wherever he went, but that on the
whole the idea was commendable. Christina could not restrain herself
when on sounding her clerical neighbours she found them inclined to
applaud her son for conduct which they idealised into something much
more self-denying than it really was. She did not quite like his
living in such an unaristocratic neighbourhood; but what he was
doing would probably get into the newspapers, and then great people
would take notice of him. Besides, it would be very cheap; down
among these poor people he could live for next to nothing, and might
put by a great deal of his income.
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