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But who would think of margins when he knew that he would grow steadily year by year into a landlord , the owner of house property , and _ that _ , if you would believe it , for less rent than if he did n't own it ? So miraculous was the power of twenty-five pounds down . As if he thought the house could , after all , run away from him , he bicycled to Southfields with a letter for the Agent , closing with his offer that very night . And by a special appointment with the Agent , made as a concession to his peculiar circumstances , he and Violet went over before ten o'clock on Sunday morning to choose the house . For after all they had n't chosen it yet . It was difficult to choose among the houses where all were exactly alike ; but you could choose among the streets , for some were planted with young limes and some with plane trees , and one , Acacia Avenue , with acacias . Ransome liked the strange tufted acacias .