But I should like to break away from it altogether--to live as I chose, and not care a bit what other people said.' Harvey had the same difficulty as before in attaching much significance to these phrases.

They were pleasant to hear, for they chimed with his own thoughts, but he could not respond with great seriousness.
'The wife of a man with my income won't have much choice, I fancy.' 'How can you say that ?' exclaimed Alma.

'You know that most people would take a house in a good part of London, and live up to the last penny--making everyone think that their income must be two or three thousand pounds.

I know all about that kind of thing, and it sickens me.

There's the choice between vulgar display with worry, and a simple, refined life with perfect comfort.