He would have to put an end to it somehow. But then
hehad not had the advantages of Eton, Cambridge, and the novels ofWhyte
Melville.
Why, you sit there and talk scandal bythe hour
together. And she answered: What a long time, dear Nicholas!
Themore he did not sleep the more he was inclined
to think that he hadnever heard of such a thing.
She was not, andthe day after he received a second
letter.
If hed been the organgrinder it was just what he
would have done himself. The factis that no one except Nicholas ever did see Mrs.
Would his Bank let himoverdraw to the amount?
On the fourth evening his turn came to take the
bank. The thing had cost him ninetypounds, and he supposed she had got thirty or
forty for it. On the fourth evening his turn came to take the bank.
Give me acheque for the amount of the promithory
note, and you can have it.
As, one by one, she producedlittle Nicholases the
feeling if anything increased. I did owe about a hundred to fellows, but Ive paid
them. I feel that if I had that I couldcome home again. Why, you sit there and talk
scandal bythe hour together.
You can take me or leave me, said young
Jolyon.
And now, she said, I shall be able to go and have
one whenever Ifeel I want it. If he promised her a fixed fivehundred a year she
would come home.
Through young Jolyon raced the thought:
Davids!
He often thought: If she couldsee me, she wouldnt
go on behaving like this. Throughout the evening he was quite cheerful, not to say
witty. All the heroes of Whyte Melvilleplayed whist admirably; all rode horses to
distraction.
For at least two minutes he satstaring at the fire.
Young Jolyon proceeded, therefore, toget into debt.
Why, you sit there and talk scandal bythe hour
together.
He had never saidanything about being pressed for
money.