"Then please oblige me by instantly getting rid of it," said Ben.
"As to the higher rent," said Tommy, "you'd make that up in a jiffy when people found you had a separate entrance and didn't have to go through a shop."
"Please get rid of it instantly," said Ben. "I shan't have a moment's peace of mind till you do. I'll come down with you," she said, with a sudden foreboding of an explosion below.
"Oh, Ben," said Tommy, miserably, "and I did want to help you! All right," he added angrily, "I'll go. And I may as well say good-bye now instead of next week. Good-bye."
"But I'm coming down with you all the same," said Ben.
XXVII
"Is that Ben?" Toby asked over the telephone at Aubrey Walk, one evening.
"Speaking," said Ben.