He must be "bluffing"-- he surely must.

She rallied her courage and pushed on: "It's probably the best we can do in the circumstances.

We'd have almost nothing left after we'd paid our rent if we set up for ourselves.

Even if I were content to pinch and look a frump and never go out, you'd not tolerate it." "Nothing could be more galling," said he, after reflecting, "than what people would say if we lived off your grandmother.

No, going there is unthinkable.