"Not in Piccadilly?" the young man asked.
"No, not in a main street," said Ben.
"I have a very desirable upper part in Lower Regent Street," he said.
"Not in a main street," Ben replied.
The young man turned over the pages of a register.
"How would you like Long Acre?" he inquired.
"Would you call that a wealthy residential district?" Ben replied.
"What about the Strand?" he asked.
"Not in a main street," said Ben. "Besides, surely it must be in a part where women shop? The Strand is mostly full of men and tourists, isn't it? I know I personally have never been there except to a restaurant or a theatre."
"That's true," said the young man. "A shopping quarter. I understand. Somewhere off Oxford Street, you mean."