I had another uneasiness, in the application of the painful story to the poor half-witted creature who had brought us there; but, to my surprise, she seemed perfectly unconscious of that and only led the way upstairs again, informing us with the toleration of a superior creature for the infirmities of a common mortal that her landlord was "a little M, you know!"

To my surprise, the old lady seemed unaffected and led the way upstairs again, informing us that her landlord was "a little M, you know!"
