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THE IDEA--ADVICE--TITLE--PLAN--ON PAPER--SUGGESTION--COST--BOODELS --OLD FRIENDS--JENKYNS SOAMES--DESIGNS--STAIRCASES--BAYS-- OBJECTIONS--ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE--STABLES--PRICE--GIVEN UP-- CAZELL'S IDEA 1

NOTIONS--GUIDE WANTED--BLACKMEER--CHILVERN--HIS ELEMENT--VIEWS-- OBSERVATIONS--DISCUSSIONS--FISHING--TROUT--SHROPSHIRE--THE LAKE-- THE SOLITARY CASTLE--HERMITS--GAMES--DIFFERENCES--AT THE HOUSE 13

WITHIN--THE HOUSEKEEPER--WINDOWS--INFORMATION--THE ORIEL--VIEW-- FLOOR--MILBURD'S INQUIRY--TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT--MATERIAL--AN EXAMPLE --CRONE--POOR--MEDITATIONS--THE FRESCO--TAPESTRY--ARMOUR--MICE-- RATS--THE GHOST 19

ALONE--THE SECRET DOOR--UNSOCIABILITY--THE PICTURE--GRIM THOUGHTS-- ONE CHEERFUL IDEA--MELON--HIDING--CRUEL JOKES--SPIRAL--ANGLES-- ASSASSINS--WHITE LADY--A COMFORT--NERVES--THE DOOR--A GROWL--SNIFFS --A FOLLOWER--REASONING--SAD THOUGHTS--OUT AT LAST 24

ON THE ROOF--DOWN AGAIN--FURTHER INSPECTION--VARIETY--ELIZABETHAN-- NORMAN--COLOUR--RAYS--FILTERED--CUI BONO?--SUGGESTION--PLAY IN STORE--THE STABLES--PREVIOUS TENANTS--GOOD INTENTIONS--NAME 31

CHOOSING A PARTY.

ROOMS--DECISION--ODD MEN--RETURN--ARRANGEMENTS--THEORIES-- OBJECTIONS--PROPOSITIONS--ELECTIONS--THE LADIES--WHO'S HOST?-- GUESTS--HOSTESS--MORE PROPOSALS--GRANDMOTHERS--AUNTS--HALF-SISTERS --SISTERHOOD PROPOSED--GRAND IDEA--CHAPERONS--TERMS--IDEAL--A PROFESSION--A DEFECT--OR ADVANTAGE--ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS--OLD MAN --DULNESS--THEATRICAL--PLANS--THE PRESIDENT--EXPLANATION--IDEA 36

THE NEW ORDER.

A MORNING DISCUSSION.

ON DEAFNESS--ESCAPES--BUTTONHOLED--A DISCUSSION--MORNING LOST--RAGE --DESPAIR 53

A WET DAY.

RAIN--THE MEDFORDS--CONVERSATION--A PROPOSAL--ACCEPTED--THE TRICK-- THE LECTURE 60

OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS. FRIMMELY'S SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE 71

A NIGHT SURPRISE 78

OUR LIBRARY--BUSTS--DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS--MELANCHOLY--GUESSES-- SOAMES--MRS. BOODELS AGAIN--MILBURD--HIS JOKE--A NUISANCE 80

MUSIC--MEDFORD--MILBURD'S SONG--CONSEQUENCE--OPINIONS--NOTE-- COMPLIMENTS--EPIGRAM--THE DAMP FIREWORK 84

OUR POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS 88

MRS. BOODELS--BOODELS--HIS GRANDMOTHER'S OBSERVATION--HER FATE SEALED--THE COMEDY--HER DEPOSITION--NEW PROPOSAL--AWKWARD-- MILBURD'S RELATION--INVITATION--THE DINNER HOUR--RECOMMENDATION-- DECISION 91

FRESH ARRIVALS--DESCRIPTION--A HISTORY 95

SUNDAY--SUNDAY REASONS--A CHAMBER DIALOGUE 108

MORE SUNDAY THOUGHTS--IN MY ROOM--A TELEGRAM--IMPOSSIBILITIES-- INTERRUPTION 116

THE PROSAIC GENTLEMAN.

A WALK WITH SIGNOR REGNIATI 120

A SUNDAY CONVERSATION 123

COMMENCEMENT OF MY SAYINGS FOR SUNDAYS 130

THE PROGRAMME--THE FARCE 136

AFTER THE PERFORMANCE, CONVERSATION COMMENCES 181

CHILVERN'S BALLAD--THE MORAL 191

IN AND OUT--BEFORE THE FIRE--MEDITATIONS--SURPRISES--HAPPY THOUGHTS --AWAKENINGS--SLUMBERS--BELL-PULLS--BOOTS--VALET--DIFFICULTIES-- MRS. REGNIATI--WHAT'S ON THE TAPIS?--MATCH-MAKING--CUPID 198

AT DINNER--WEIGHT--WATCHING--JOKES--PROTEST--AWKWARD SITUATION--AN ANNOUNCEMENT--INQUIRY--ARRIVAL--PRACTICAL JOKES 206

FIFTH WEEK--DIFFICULTIES--HINTS--BOODELS' SECRET--ARRIVAL OF JIMMY LAYDER--A CHANGE--PRACTICAL JOKES--PLAYING THE FOOL--DRESSING UP-- MORE JOKES--CHEMICAL LECTURE--EXPERIMENTS--RESULTS--OPEN WINDOWS-- COLDS--DEPARTURES--SMALL BY DEGREES--BEAUTIFULLY LESS--THE SHILLING AND THE TUMBLER--BOODELS' LAST--TWO'S COMPANY--CONCLUSION 209

HAPPY THOUGHT HALL.

THE IDEA--ADVICE--TITLE--PLAN--ON PAPER--SUGGESTION--COST--BOODELS-- OLD FRIENDS--JENKYNS SOAMES--DESIGNS--STAIRCASES--BAYS--OBJECTIONS-- ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE--STABLES--PRICE--GIVEN UP--CAZELL'S IDEA.

"I'll tell you what you ought to do," says Cazell to me. "You ought to build a nice little snuggery in the country."

I object to the cost.

I ask how these Building Societies proceed.

"They examine it, that is, their architect does ... they inquire about the land ... and then they decide, whether they'll buy it for you, or not."

"Then," he goes on. "You make the purchase, and hand over the title-deeds. Pay them a rent and a per-centage every year until the whole is paid off, when it becomes yours."

"In fact," I put it, bluffly, to him, "I can build a house without having any money; I mean, by getting the money from the Building Society?"

"Precisely. Any day."

I hesitate. It really is--if Cazell is correct--much better than hiring a house ... or taking lodgings. And what does Cazell think the cost will be?

"Well," says he, "put it at ?2,000, the outside." I reflect that the inside, too, will be a considerable expense. "A good, strong house. Why, I knew a fellow build one for ?1,500. Just what you want. Then, there's the ground--say at another two. And there you are. Four thousand altogether. Well, you'd pay 'em a mere rent for that, and so much tacked on, which would, each time, reduce the principal. And when you pay your last year of rent and interest, it ought to have come down to a five-pound note."

I will draw out plans at once.

Will he come down with me, somewhere, and choose the land?

"Certainly. Why not try Kent?" he asks. I have no objection to Kent. "But," I suggest, "wouldn't it be better, first, to settle the sort of thing wanted?"

"Bath-room," adds Milburd, to whom, on his accidentally looking in, we appeal for assistance.

What after this?

Milburd suggests smoking-room, and library. Yes. That's all.

"The question is," says Boodels , "What is your limit?"

"Can't be done for the money," says Boodels, positively.

I pass over his opinion and continue.

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