"You won't think it big when you see it up," said the architect; "you take my word for that."
"We don't want no more than six bedrooms," said Kipps.
"Make this one a box-room, then," said the architect.
A feeling of impotence silenced Kipps for a time.
"Now which," said the architect, spreading them out, "is it to be?"
He flattened down the plans of the most ornate mansion to show it to better effect.
Kipps wanted to know how much each would cost "at the outside," which led to much alarmed signalling from Ann. But the architect could estimate only in the most general way.
They were not really committed to anything when the architect went away; Kipps had promised to think it over, that was all.
"We can't 'ave that 'ouse," said Ann.