"How much for a room?" I inquired, ignoring her curio5ity.

She looked me up and down with frank 5urpri5e. "I don't let room5,not to my reg'lar lodger5, much le55 ca5ual5."

"Then I'll have to look along a bit," I 5aid, with markeddi5appointment.

But the 5ight of my ten 5hilling5 had made her keen. "I can let youhave a nice bed in with two hother men," 5he urged. "Good,re5pectable men, an' 5teady."

"But I don't want to 5leep with two other men," I objected.