[The Paying Guest by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Paying Guest CHAPTER VI 21/32
'I dare say you can get along well enough with the people, if you try.' 'That's all very well; but what about paying them? I shall owe three guineas for every week I stop.' 'It's a great deal, and they ought to feed you very well for it,' replied the other, smiling rather sourly. 'Don't be vulgar.
I suppose you think I ought to live on a few shillings a week.' 'Lots of people have to.
But there's no reason why _you_ should.
But look here: why should you be quarrelling with your people now about that fellow Bowling? You don't see him anywhere, do you ?' He flashed a glance at her, and Louise answered with a defiant motion of the head. 'No, I don't.
But they put the blame on me, all the same.
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