What do you think?
Plenty of people live very well on less.' 'You want my serious opinion ?' 'If you _can_ be serious.' 'Then I think that the educated man who marries on less than a thousand is either mad or a criminal.' 'Bosh! We won't talk about it.' They rose, and walked towards the smoking-room, Rolfe giving a nod here and there as he passed acquaintances.

In the hall someone addressed him.
'How does Carnaby take this affair ?' 'What affair ?' 'Don't you know?
Their house has been robbed--stripped.

It's in the evening papers.' Rolfe went on into the smoking-room, and read the report of his friend's misfortune.

The Carnabys occupied a house in Hamilton Terrace.
During their absence from home last night, there had been a clean sweep of all such things of value as could easily be removed.

The disappearance of their housekeeper, and the fact that this woman had contrived the absence of the servants from nine o'clock till midnight, left no mystery in the matter.