"That's too high—is it not?" remarked the man.
"We cannot take you for less."
"Have you a pleasant room vacant?"
"You can have your choice of the finest in the house?"
"Can I look at them, madam?"
"Certainly, sir." And the stranger was taken through Mrs. Turner's beautifully furnished chambers.
"Well, this is certainly a temptation," said the man, pausing and looking around the front chamber on the second floor. "And you have named your lowest terms?"
"Yes, sir; the lowest."
"Well, it's higher than I've been paying, but this looks too comfortable. I suppose we will have to strike a bargain."
"Shall be pleased to accommodate you, sir."