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 Polly"—and for all they were just opposite the Burlington Arcade, the vain young man took a firm grip of the arm of Mary the obdurate—"I'm bally well goin' to take that flat."

"Are you, Phil-ipp?"

"Yes, and I'm goin' to take it now."

"What!—now, Phil-ipp?"

"At once. Come on back to the house-agents."

"But they are half-a-mile away, Phil-ipp."

"Never mind; it's a nice day for a walk."

"But what about Granny? and what about the great Proconsul; and what about Lady Shelmerdine of Potterhanworth?"

"Oh, let 'em go to blazes—that is, old girl, I beg pardon."

"I should just hope so. And let go my arm, Phil-ipp; people are looking at us."

"Well, let's cut back again."

"But, Phil-ipp."

"You said yourself that it was the nicest position in London, and only nine hundred and fifty a year, which seems rather ridiculous, considerin'—"

"Considering what, Phil-ipp?"

"Considerin' the way they stick you for three rooms and a private bathroom."

"Yes, Phil-ipp, but then think of the address!"

Never, however, in the whole course of his career,