She had won, after three years, a Diploma, and this Diploma, together with the presence in the house as paying boarder of a niece of Chesson's, had put an idea into the seedsman's head-the premium idea.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
However, before leaving she secured the address of an American family in Petrograd who might be willing to take her as a boarder.
"The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army"
Margaret Vandercook
Why did he take me for a boarder then!
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri