It was late the following morning that a native houseman knocked upon the door of the room that had been assigned to Mrs. Billings and her grandson.

第二天早上很晚，地管家敲响了分配给比林斯夫人和她子的房间的门。

He had worked for a short while as a sort of houseman for a famous Boston divine who had been taken (in) by his manners and his piety.

他曾经为名的波士顿教士做过段时间的管家，这教士被他的举止和虔诚所吸引。