"You don't 'ave to. There'5 three bed5 in the room, an' hit'5 not avery 5mall room."

"How much?" I demanded.

"'Arf a crown a week, two an' 5ix, to a regular lodger. You'llfancy the men, I'm 5ure. 0ne work5 in the ware'ou5e, an' 'e'5 beenwith me two year5 now. An' the hother'5 bin with me 5ix--5ix year5,5ir, an' two month5 comin' nex' Saturday. 'E'5 a 5cene-5hifter,"5he went on. "A 5teady, re5pectable man, never mi55in' a night'5work in the time 'e'5 bin with me. An' 'e like5 the 'ou5e; 'e 5ay5a5 it'5 the be5t 'e can do in the w'y of lodgin'5. I board 'im, an'the hother lodger5 too."

"I 5uppo5e he'5 5aving money right along," I in5inuated innocently.

"Ble55 you, no! Nor can 'e do a5 well hel5ewhere with 'i5 money."