"We might strain a point and pay you three dollars and a half."
"Is there any boarding house where I could live on three dollars and a half?"
"Well, no; perhaps not; but you have some money, you tell me."
"Yes, sir, I have fifty dollars."
"Just at first you can use a part of that to supply deficiencies."
"I thought I might need that for clothes."
"Ahem!" said Mr. Little. "I have thought a way out of the difficulty."
Scott looked at him hopefully.
"I think Mrs. Little can find a small room for you upstairs, and you can live here."
"Thank you, sir."