"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."