He dropped his eyes, and said stubbornly: "I can't afford it." And slowly, with his mousing walk, he led the way back to the first site.
They spent some time there going into particulars of the projected house, and then Soames returned to the agent's cottage.
He came out in about half an hour, and, joining Bosinney, started for the station.
"Well," he said, hardly opening his lips, "I've taken that site of yours, after all." And again he was silent, confusedly debating how it was that this fellow, whom by habit he despised, should have overborne his own decision..