"Make it 'Ye,'" said Mr. Harford, "and you'll be a millionaire."
"No," said Ben. "I couldn't face my friends. It's bad enough as it is."
"And you'll take our upper part?" Mr. St. Quentin asked.
"I can't say at the moment," said Ben. "I must consider. But if I don't it will probably only be because I don't think either of you is serious enough to be my landlord."
But after the lawyers had done their worst with it, Ben signed an agreement.
XII
In assembling her staff Ben experienced a certain amount of luck in stumbling upon Miss Peterson.