28/29 I don't ask _her_ what I'm to do.' 'I dare say. And how does that mother of hers get on? Do they come to tea on a Sunday ?' Bob glared at her, and Clem laughed, showing all her teeth. From this exchange of pleasantries the talk passed to various subjects--the affairs of Jack Bartley and his precious wife, changes in Clerkenwell Close, then to Clem's own circumstances; she threw out hints of brilliant things in store for her. When'll you be here again ?' 'Don't know,' Bob replied, fidgeting and looking to a distance. |