"It is very difficult getting on in the world," sighed a weary snail;
"very difficult indeed, with such high rents!"
"You don't mean to say you pay anything for that old rookery!" said a
slug, who was characteristically insinuating himself between the stems
of the celery intended for dinner. "A miserable old shanty like that,
without stables, grounds, or any modern conveniences!"
"Pay!" said the snail, contemptuously; "I'd like to see you get a
semi-detatched villa like this at a nominal rate!"
"Why don't you let your upper apartments to a respectable single
party?" urged the slug.
The answer is not recorded.