“I’m suggesting nothing,” said Cheviot. “I’m pointing out hard facts.”
“I suppose you consider you’re very generous.”
“Well, I don’t think I’m stingy. Seven hundred and ninety quid in less than——”
“It would interest me to know what you consider my share.”
“I don’t know,” said Titus. “I don’t pretend to know. The flat and the car cost about eighteen hundred. I spend about a hundred——”
“We could live much more cheaply,” said Blanche.
“I don’t quite see why we should.”
“Exactly. You choose the style in which we live. If we spent less money on that, we should have more money to spend on other things.”
“Such as clothes,” said Titus. “What a truly solemn thought. Never mind. You chose the flat when I was out of town. And the car.”
“Because I knew you wouldn’t be content with anything else.”