Do persuade him to-night! I wish you could have had a holiday with him.' 'Out of the question now, I'm sorry to say.

I must work savagely.

But can't you all manage a fortnight somewhere--Hastings, Eastbourne ?' 'It would be simply rash.

One goes on saying, "What does a pound or two matter ?"--but it begins at length to matter a great deal.' 'I know, confound it all! Think how it would amuse some rich grocer's son who pitches his half-sovereign to the waiter when he has dined himself into good humour! But I tell you what it is: you must really try to influence him towards practicality.

Don't you think-- ?' He paused, and Amy sat looking at her hands.
'I have made an attempt,' she said at length, in a distant undertone.
'You really have ?' Jasper leaned forward, his clasped hands hanging between his knees.