What have you thought of doing ?" "Mortgage the house again," he replied.

"It hasn't been easy, for money is tight, but I think I'll be able to get enough to just about carry us through the year.

At home, I mean," he added.
"And the office ?" "Shut down," he said.

She turned on him fiercely.
"You won't do that!" "What else can I do ?" "Turn all those girls away ?" she cried.

At her tone his look grew troubled.
"How can I help myself, Deborah?
If I kept open it would cost me over five hundred a week to run.