Houses eat, Hubert, and the larger
they are, the more they eat."
No word did he say to me as to my dwelling on with him, yet there I
remained, by common consent, as it were. Indeed on the morrow of my
coming a tailor appeared to measure me for such garments as he thought
I should wear, by his command, I suppose, as I was never asked for
payment, and he bade me furnish my chamber to my own liking, also
another room at the back of the house that was much larger than it
seemed, which he told me was to be mine to work in, though at what I was
to work he did not say.
For a day or two I remained idle, staring at the sights of London
and only meeting my uncle at meals which sometimes we ate alone and
sometimes in the company of sea-captains and learned clerks or of other
merchants, all of whom treated him with great deference and as I soon
guessed, were in truth his servants. At night, however, we were always
alone and then he would pour out his wisdom on me while I listened,
saying little. On the sixth day, growing weary of this idleness, I made
bold to ask him if there was aught that I could do.
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