"One hundred and seventy-five dollars a month
were the average running expenses."
_"One hundred and seventy-five!"_ shouted Vandover, feeling suddenly as
if the ground were opening under him. "Why, great heavens! Mr. Field,
where am I going to get--what am I going to _do_?"
Mr. Field smiled a little. "Well," he said, "you must make up your mind
to live more modestly."
"Modestly?" exclaimed Vandover, scornfully.
"You'll have to rent the house and take rooms."
Vandover gave a gasp of relief.
"I hadn't thought of that," he answered, subsiding at once. "How much
would it bring--the house?"
The lawyer hesitated as to this. "That I could hardly tell you
definitely," he answered, shaking his head. "Adams & Brunt could give
you more exact figures. In fact, I would suggest that you put it into
their hands. California near Franklin, isn't it? Yes; the neighbourhood
isn't what it used to be, you know. Every one wants to live out on
Pacific Heights now. Double house? Yes, well--with the furniture, I
suppose--oh, I don't know--say, a hundred and fifty.
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