It was better to pay the cab for her, else she might have scrupled about taking one, and we should have been obliged to go home with her in a beastly tram.

Come along.

I'm staying at the Gresham.

It's always as well to go to a decent place if you have any money.

You come with me, and we'll have a drink and a talk.' There were two priests and a Bishop in earnest conference round the fire in the hall of the hotel when they entered.