Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 160: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

GUY HAMMERSLEY. ISI ‘* But you must remember that there’d be ten left from my income.” ‘‘ Yes; but that will still leave a gap of twenty to be filled. Besides, I haven’t got my situation at five a week yet, and maybe I won’t ever have it. Ruth has great hopes of getting something to do, but it is so late in the season now I’m afraid there’s not much show for her in the concert line, and I’ve put my foot down on her going into a store. Then, you must remember, our clothes won’t last forever, and we haven't counted the cost of these in our estimates at all.” Guy was obliged to admit that they had not, and then there was silence in the apartment, broken only by the regular breathing of Harold, who was sleep- ing peacefully, while his older room-mates were both lying there wide-eyed over the problem of existence. Gomicboo cS