8/19 He's not going to give up the jolly good living he has here!' 'But why has he bolted? It made him angry; so he answered in an offhand way: 'Oh, I don't know. And, moreover, I don't care!' 'And now,' said Stephen, having ascertained what she wanted to know, 'what is it that you want to speak to me about ?' Her words fell on Leonard like a cold douche. Here had he been talking about his love for her, and yet she ignored the whole thing, and asked him what he wanted to talk about. You don't seem to attend to what a fellow is saying. |