"Why not?"

"Why should I?" countered Clancy.

"I like you," Mrs. Carey said. "I think we'd get on well together."

Clancy frowned.

"Why, I couldn't begin to pay——"

"No one said anything about paying," interrupted Mrs. Carey.

"But I couldn't—I never accepted——" Clancy was prim.

Mrs. Carey laughed.

"You'll get over that, I fear. Now, as for the expense—if you feel that way, we'll arrange what's fair."