‘No, I shan’t!’
‘What sort of a place do you want?’
‘A clerk’s, of course.’
He pronounced the word ‘clerk’ as it is spelt; it made him seem yet more ignoble.
‘Have you given up drink?’
No answer
‘Before I try to help you,’ said Mutimer, ‘you’ll have to take the pledge.’
‘All right!’ ‘Arry muttered.
Then a thought occurred to Richard. Bidding his brother stay where he was, he went in search of Adela and found her in an upper room.
‘He’s come to ask me to help him to get a place,’ he said. ‘I don’t know very well how to set about it, but I suppose I must do something. He promises to take the pledge.’