“People have to leave their mothers sooner or later.”
“But you love your mother?”
“Of course,” said Leedham sturdily, “but I want to go.”
“You cannot go without your father’s consent.”
“No.”
“Very well, then.”
And that seemed to end the interview.
Leedham saw his father first and came straight to the point.
“I want to go to the Brazils.”