Because she's going to leave a decent house, to live in a poky hole in the East End of London, and keep one servant.

'It's too expensive, though it is such a poky hole.

"It's not a poky hole," she replied; "it's an old-fashioned house, near the river."

"Nonsense," said my aunt, suddenly; and this aroused us; "it's a poky hole, as I told her it would be.

What I mean is-- "shepaused for a moment, wrinkling her brow, and then went on: "London isn't like this; it's full of poky holes.