24/34 Gets a royalty.' 'Which will bring him five or six hundred pounds before the book ceases to be talked of.' 'Never mind. I'm sick of the word "pounds."' 'So am I.' She sighed, commenting thus on her acquiescence. If I try to be cheerful in spite of natural dumps, wouldn't it be fair for you to put aside thoughts of money ?' 'Yes. Let us have Odysseus down in Hades, and Ajax stalking past him. |