[Demos by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookDemos CHAPTER X 2/48
'Arry sat under the gross injustice with an air of doggish defiance. 'I thought you said I was to go to Wanley ?' he exclaimed at length, angrily, glaring at his brother. Richard avoided the look. 'You'll have to learn to behave yourself first,' he replied.
'If you can't be trusted to do your duty here, you're no good to me at Wanley.' 'Arry would give neither yes nor no.
The council broke up after formulating an ultimatum. In the afternoon Richard had another private talk with the lad.
This time he addressed himself solely to 'Arry's self-interest, explained to him the opportunities he would lose if he neglected to make himself a practical man.
What if there was money waiting for him? The use of money was to breed money, and nowadays no man was rich who didn't constantly increase his capital.
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