Finally he discussed the matter with his fellow lodger.
About the same time he bought, and fixed his residence in, the Craigie House, where he had formerly only been a lodger, an old "revolutionary house," built about the beginning of the, 8th century, and occupied by General Washington in 1776.
They had taken a gamble by becoming a lodger at Selhurst.
You are uneasy, as I understand, because your new lodger remains in his rooms and you cannot see him.
In 1803 Southey became a joint lodger with Coleridge at Greta Hall, Keswick, of which in 1812 Southey became sole tenant and occupier.