CHARLEY. Eh? What d’ye mean?

PERCY. You—and—and Lily—you know.

CHARLEY looks at him steadily.

CHARLEY. Oh, that’s it, is it?

PERCY. You didn’t begin with a house, of course.

CHARLEY. You know as well as I do that we had three rooms—and jolly small ones.

PERCY. Still you were comfortable.

CHARLEY. It was warm—winter and summer.

PERCY. It wasn’t very expensive?