He had been specially enjoined to be staunch in bringing his father to the point.
"And what about the property ?" "Of course my marriage will not affect your interests." "I should say not.

It would be very odd if it did.

As it is, your income is much larger than mine." "I don't know how that is, sir; but I suppose you will not refuse to give me a helping hand if you can do so without disturbance to your own comfort." "In what sort of way?
Don't you think anything of that kind can be managed better by the lawyer?
If there is a thing I hate, it is business." Gerard, remembering his promise to Lady Chiltern, did persevere, though the perseverance went much against the grain with him.

"We thought, sir, that if you would consent we might live at Maule Abbey." "Oh;--you did; did you ?" "Is there any objection ?" "Simply the fact that it is my house, and not yours." "It belongs, I suppose, to the property; and as--" "As what ?" asked the father, turning upon the son with sharp angry eyes, and with something of real animation in his face.
Gerard was very awkward in conveying his meaning to his father.

"And as," he continued,--"as it must come to me, I suppose, some day, and it will be the proper sort of thing that we should live there then, I thought that you would agree that if we went and lived there now it would be a good sort of thing to do." "That was your idea ?" "We talked it over with our friend, Lady Chiltern." "Indeed! I am so much obliged to your friend, Lady Chiltern, for the interest she takes in my affairs.