There is the secret of my fine feathers.
I have to exert all my ingenuity in order to spend my income, and yet
keep the money in legitimate channels. For example, it is very easy to
give money away, and no doubt I could dispose of my surplus, or part of
my surplus, in that fashion, but I have no wish to pauperise anyone, or
to do mischief by indiscriminate charity. I must exact some sort of
money's worth for all the money which I lay out You see my point, don't
you?"
"Entirely; though really it is something novel to hear a man complain of
the difficulty of spending his income."
"I assure you that it is a very serious difficulty with me. But I have
hit upon some plans--some very pretty plans. Will you wash your hands?
Well, then, perhaps you would care to have a look round. Just come into
this corner of the room, and sit upon this chair. So. Now I will sit
upon this one, and we are ready to start."
The angle of the chamber in which they sat was painted for about six
feet in each direction of a dark chocolate-brown, and was furnished with
two red plush seats protruding from the walls, and in striking contrast
with the simplicity of the rest of the apartment.
"This," remarked Raffles Haw, "is a lift, though it is so closely joined
to the rest of the room that without the change in colour it might
puzzle you to find the division.
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