ed Poganec just as they were finishing dinner. As I entered the
room:

"Hullo," said Berry. "This your night out?"

"That'll do." said I. "You had your show this afternoon."

"My show? My humiliation," said my brother-in-law. "Think of it. My
wife's brother in service. How can I ever hold up this noble head
again? And this after all my years of striving to elevate. But there!
Can the leopard change his spots, or the chauffeur his boots? By the
way, how did you get into them? Rather a tight fit, wasn't it? You
don't look very penitent. I suppose you know I'm bowed with grief?"

"I see you're gorged with food," said I. "Haven't you any dinner for
me?"

"It's in a red handkerchief by the coach-house door," said Berry. "Now
you can go. I shan't want you any more to-night. Don't forget
the--ah--wrinkle I gave you about the cotton-waste."

"Fancy Boy earning some money!" said Daphne. "What wages d'you get?"

"Six-and-tenpence-farthing a week," said I, "and all found."

"That's a dangerous phrase," said Jonah. "Might mean anything."

"Exactly," said Berry. "It includes boots, we know. What else besides
boots?"

"Depends on the man," said I.

"It does," said Daphne. "And that's why you've got to give notice at
once."

"Notice?"

I felt Jill's hand pushing my hair back from my forehead. She was
standing behind my chair.

"Yes," she said, "and come back to us. Fact is, Boy, we can't spare
you."

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