"What else do you know?"
"I know how to order a dinner."
"That's better," said Ben. "That's the first useful thing you've mentioned."
"And I know a lot of men," said Toby.
"That's good, too," said Ben.
"And I've been asked to play for Middlesex," said Toby. "And, by the way, Vi adores cricket. It's quite the thing now for a man when he's playing away from home to take his wife with him. Heaps of them do. Vi knows quite a lot about the game. You'd be surprised."
"I should forget all that," said Ben. "You can't play for a county and be worth five hundred a year in a short time. If you really want Vi while you're both young, you must think about work, and nothing but work. Do you want her as much as that? As much as to give up cricket?"
"Of course," said Toby. "Of course I do. I can't live without her."
"You mean," said Ben, "you dislike the thought of living without her; but you'll find yourself doing so, all right. And how much does she want you?"
"I don't know," said Toby. "I don't see why she should want me at all; but she seems to. We seem to suit each other down to the ground."