and for pens, ink and paper, put this figure at 27
(3) Interest on Investments, say 50
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£159
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Ulster may fight and Mexico may be right; nevertheless these things are apt to be forgotten when conversation reverts, as it always does, to My Income.
The sordid subject came up again for discussion when Phyllis and I went to have a preliminary chat with the house-agent.
"You have spoken with eloquence and conviction about reception-rooms, out-houses, railway stations, golf courses, and h. and c.," said I, "but sooner or later some one must rise and say a few pointed words about Rent."
"That all depends on what you are prepared to give," he replied. "The rough-and-ready rule is to fix one's rent at a tenth of one's income."
"Yes, but which income?" I asked. "For I have two incomes and I can't afford a separate house for each."