‘Don’t you think we might make some better—some more economical arrangement?’
‘How?’
Nancy took courage, and spoke her thoughts.
‘It’s more expensive to live separately than if we were together.’
Tarrant seemed to give the point his impartial consideration.
‘H’m—no, I think not. Certainly not, with our present arrangements. And even if it were we pay for your comfort, and my liberty.’
‘Couldn’t you have as much liberty if we were living under the same roof? Of course I know that you couldn’t live out here; it would put a stop to your work at once. But suppose we moved. Mary might take a rather larger house—it needn’t be much larger—in a part convenient for you. We should be able to pay her enough to set off against her increased expenses.’
Smoking calmly, Tarrant shook his head.
‘Impracticable. Do you mean that this place is too dull for you?’
‘It isn’t lively, but I wasn’t thinking of the place. If you lived here, it would be all I should wish.’