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The two old maiden ladies who lived in Number 15 were Emily and Hannah . Emily was dressy , wore a false front , and always took precedence of her sister , who was small and mousy in demeanour . It was apparent to the meanest intellect that a godmother had bequeathed her fortune to Emily , and that she gave her sister a home and generally supported her , for which generosity Hannah was duly thankful . The two old ladies breakfasted in bed every morning , went out for drives at eleven and three o'clock , -LRB- `` ambles , '' Miles called them in scornful reference to the pace of the sleek old horses -RRB- , retired to their rooms for naps after lunch , ate a hearty dinner at eight , and settled down for the night at ten o'clock . It does not require the skill of a Sherlock Holmes to discover such proceedings on the part of our neighbours . The study of electric lights on gloomy autumn days is wonderfully informing ! Number 16 was uninteresting , -- only a stupid man and his wife , who looked like a hundred other men and their wives ; and who had tiresome silk curtains drawn across the lower panes of their windows , so that it was impossible to obtain a glimpse of the rooms .