Well, what about this? "A beautiful private hotel of the highest
class. Luxuriously furnished. Visitors' comfort studied. Finest position
in London. Cuisine a speciality. Suitable for persons of superior rank.
Bathroom. Electric light. Separate tables. No irritating extras. Single
rooms from two and a half guineas. 250 Queen's Gate." Quite close by!
(CARVE says nothing.) Perhaps that's a bit dear. Here's another.
"Not a boarding-house. A magnificent mansion. Forty bedrooms by
Waring. Superb public saloons by Maple. Parisian chef. Separate tables.
Four bathrooms. Card-rooms. Billiard room. Vast lounge. Special
sanitation. Young, cheerful, musical society. Bridge (small). Finest
position in London. No irritating extras. Single rooms from two
guineas." What about that?
CARVE. (Shakes his head.) I don't think I should fancy it.
JANET. I won't say but what two guineas a week is a lot.
CARVE. And I was thinking how cheap it was.
JANET. (Staring.) Well, of course, if you've got money to fling
about.
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