For one thing the insurance Companies insisted on it.
He doubted if Una was aware of this or perhaps she was and had been singularly astute in finding a good pretext for being in his employment.
“You shall be my Curator,” he said, “and, of course, we shall have to decide on the salary you will receive.”
She did not speak and after a moment he asked,
“Have you any idea? Have you something in mind?”
He thought, as he spoke, that this would be a very good excuse for her either to ask for a preposterous salary or else to say modestly that a piece of jewellery, quite a small piece, of course, would be just as acceptable!
He watched Una as she appeared to be thinking over his suggestion.
Then she said,
“That is rather a difficult question to answer, because I have not been living in Fran
