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"No. I don't want anything better than this. Let's sit still and enjoy ourselves. I suppose there will be something for me to ride if I look for it?" "Seeing I've been kept down to the old brown pair for the last six weeks because all the others were being got ready for Master Georgie, I should say there might be," the father chuckled. "They're reminding me in a hundred ways that I must take the second place now." "Brutes!" NO I DON'T WANT ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS LET'S JUST SIT STILL AND ENJOY OURSELVES I SUPPOSE THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FOR ME TO WRITE IF I LOOK FOR IT SEEING I'VE BEEN KEPT DOWN TO THE OLD BROWN PEAR FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS BECAUSE ALL THE OTHERS WERE BEING GOT READY FOR MASTER GEORGY SHOULD SAY THERE MIGHT BE THE FATHER CHUCKLED THEY'RE REMINDING ME IN A HUNDRED WAYS THAT I MUST TAKE SECOND PLACE NOW BRUTES
is. “It’s not half bad—but _hodie mihi, cras tibi_, isn’t it? I suppose you’ll be turning up some fine day with a girl under your arm, if you haven’t one now, eh?” “You can make your mind easy, sir. I haven’t one.” “Not in all these years?” said the mother. “I hadn’t time, mummy. They keep a man pretty busy, these days, in the service, and most of our mess are unmarried, too.” “But you must have met hundreds in society—at balls, and so on?” “I’m like the Tenth, mummy: I don’t dance.” “Don’t dance! What have you been doing with yourself, then—backing other men’s bills?” said the father. “Oh, yes; I’ve done a little of that too; but you see, as things are now, a man has all his work cut out for him to keep abreast of his profession, and my days were always too full to let me lark about half the night.” “Hmm!”—suspiciously. “It’s never too late to learn. We ought to give some kind of housewarming for the people about, now you’ve come back. Unless you want to go straight up to town, dear?” ED SCENTS AND SOUNDS GEORGIE FELT HIS FATHER'S ARM TIGHTEN IN HIS IT'S NOT HALF BAD BEHOLY ME HE CRUST TEBEE ISN'T IT I SUPPOSE YOU'LL BE TURNING UP SOME FINE DAY WITH A GIRL UNDER YOUR ARM IF YOU HAVEN'T ONE NOW EH YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MIND EASY SIR I HAVEN'T ONE NOT IN ALL THESE YEARS SAID THE MOTHER I HADN'T TIME MUMMY THEY KEEP A MAN PRETTY BUSY THESE DAYS IN THE SERVICE AND MOST OF OUR MESS ARE UNMARRIED TOO BUT YOU MUST HAVE MET HUNDREDS IN SOCIETY AT BALLS AND SO ON I'M LIKE THE TENTH MUMMY I DON'T DANCE DON'T DANCE WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WITH YOURSELF THEN BACKING OTHER MEN'S BILLS SAID THE FATHER OH YES I'VE DONE A LITTLE OF THAT TOO BUT YOU SEE AS THINGS ARE NOW A MAN HAS ALL HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM TO KEEP ABREAST OF HIS PROFESSION AND MY DAYS WERE ALWAYS TOO FULL TO LET ME LARK ABOUT HALF THE NIGHT HUM SUSPICIOUSLY IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN WE OUGHT TO GIVE SOME KIND OF HOUSE WARMING FOR THE PEOPLE ABOUT NOW YOU'VE COME BACK UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT UP TO TOWN DEAR
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