“Of course. You don’t suppose pawnbrokers carry on business for fun, do you?”
“But that seems a good deal to pay.”
“The second six months you only pay two per cent. monthly.”
“That is a good deal, too.”
“Well, you don’t have to hock it, you know.”
“Yes, I must,” said Ben with a sigh. “I must pay my rent.”
“Then I’ll go down to Simpson’s with you,” said Snodgrass briskly. “I know the ropes.”
“Thank you. I shouldn’t like to go alone.”
“No; you wouldn’t know how to manage. Come along.”
The two friends walked to Simpson’s, neither having any spare money to pay car fare. They entered the loan office and waited their turn, for several were ahead of them.