The Way We Live Now

elix as he got into the broug

o me then, who had nothin

he-bye, now I think of it, I'll run down to the club before I go home."

lock, Felix,"

see I'm hungry. You had s

he club for supper at th

eding night, and had again won. Dolly Longestaffe owed him now a considerable sum of money, and Lord Grasslough was also in his debt. He was sure that Grasslough would go to the club after the ball, and he was determined that they should not think that he had submitted to be carried h

d had got up-stairs. Then the elder spoke of the trouble that wa

ot no mon

with him, though, for him and such friends as he has

y all do play,

ot that he will not obey me. A mother perhaps should not expect obedience from a grown-up son. But my word is not

o long his own

him as though he were but a child. Hetta, you s

a;-that i

always w

ice." Her mother was seated, with both her hands up to her forehead, and shook her

Henrietta came up and kissed her, and bade her good night. "I think I

y fault,

pend a shilling that I can help. I want nothing for myself,-nothing for mysel

of you,

ffer. What right have you to refuse him? I b

sin very much;-but that is all. Good night, mamma." Lady Carbu

juvenile constitutions. The party consisted of Dolly Longestaffe, Lord Grasslough, Miles Grendall, and Felix Carbury, and the four had amused themselves during the last six hours with various innocent games. They had commenced with whist, and had culminated during the last half-hour with blind hookey. But during the whole night Felix had won. Miles Grendall hated him, and there had been an expressed opinion between Miles and the young lord that it would be both profitable and proper to r

ct bitterly, but contested it in vain. There were his own initials and his own figures, and even Miles Grendall, who was supposed to be quite wide awake, could not reduce the amount. Then Grendall had lost over ￡400 to Carbury,-an amount, indeed, that mattered little, as Miles could, at present, as easily have raised ￡40,000. However, he

ere to-morrow,-that is

ly one thing,"

one

should be squared be

said Grasslough angrily. "Do

lay cards, it's intended to be ready-money, that's all. But I'm not goin

l right,"

"He is an old friend, and we know each other. Y

he devil do yo

l that our account should be s

is the kind of thing I'm

elf taken home, calculated that if he could realize his spoil, he might begin the campaign again