"When I had money, he never had to ask for it; all that was mine was his.

And now that he is rich, I have to beg from him, and he gives me small sums and puts me off.

It is terrible of him; it is really very, very wrong of him." I changed the subject as soon as I could; there was a note of bitterness which I did not like, which indeed I had already remarked in him.
I was destined very soon to hear the other side.

A day or two later Lord Alfred Douglas told me that he had bought some racehorses and was training them at Chantilly; would I come down and see them?
"I am not much of a judge of racehorses," I replied, "and I don't know much about racing; but I should not mind coming down one evening.

I could spend the night at an hotel, and see the horses and your stable in the morning.