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I have a little ready money ; and I agree with you , the best thing we can do , is , to live the term out here , and get a bedroom hard by . ' I thought it my duty to hint at the discomfort my aunt would sustain , from living in a continual state of guerilla warfare with Mrs. Crupp ; but she disposed of that objection summarily by declaring that , on the first demonstration of hostilities , she was prepared to astonish Mrs. Crupp for the whole remainder of her natural life . ` I have been thinking , Trotwood , ' said Agnes , diffidently , ` that if you had time -- ' ` I have a good deal of time , Agnes . I am always disengaged after four or five o'clock , and I have time early in the morning . In one way and another , ' said I , conscious of reddening a little as I thought of the hours and hours I had devoted to fagging about town , and to and fro upon the Norwood Road , ` I have abundance of time . ' ` I know you would not mind , ' said Agnes , coming to me , and speaking in a low voice , so full of sweet and hopeful consideration that I hear it now , ` the duties of a secretary . ' ` Mind , my dear Agnes ? '