The lodging was rather confined as to space, but I fancied that if Mrs. Jellyby's household had been the only lodgers in Saint Paul's or Saint Peter's, the sole advantage they would have found in the size of the building would have been its affording a great deal of room to be dirty in. 
The lodging was rather confined, but if it had been the size of Saint Paul's it would only have afforded more room to be dirty in. 