‘And what did Mr Melmotte say?’
’Say;—what should he say? He wanted to know what income I had got. After all he’s an old screw.’
‘Did he forbid you to come there any more?’
’Now, mother, it’s no use your cross-examining me. If you’ll let me alone I’ll do the best I can.’
‘She has accepted you, herself?’
‘Of course she has. I told you that at Carbury.’
’Then, Felix, if I were you I’d run off with her. I would indeed. It’s done every day, and nobody thinks any harm of it when you marry the girl. You could do it now because I know you’ve got money. From...