[Born in Exile by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookBorn in Exile CHAPTER V 4/30
Let them. Then Lady Whitelaw will understand and forgive me.' After much musing, the mother ventured a timid question, the result of her anxieties rather than of her judgment on the point at issue. 'Godwin, dear, are you quite sure that his shop would make so much difference ?' The young man gave a passionate start. 'What! To have the fellows going there to eat, and hearing his talk, and--? Not for a day could I bear it! Not for an hour!' He was red with anticipated shame, and his voice shook with indignation at the suggested martyrdom.
Mrs.Peak dried a tear. 'You would be so alone in London, Godwin.' 'Not a bit of it.
Young Mr.Moxey will be a useful friend, I am convinced he will.
To tell you the whole truth, I aim at getting a place at the works in Rotherhithe, where he no doubt has influence.
You see, mother, I might manage it even before the end of the year.
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