The young man had the wish to say in reply, “At last, eh!” but he avoided it.
“Where has he gone?”
“I bought him out to-day, and I hear he’s going to join Belloc.”
“Belloc! Belloc! Who told you that?” asked the young man.
“Junia Shale—she told me.”
Carnac laughed. “She knows a lot, but how did she know that?”
“Sheer instinct, and I believe she’s right.”
“Right—right—to fight you, his own father!” was the inflammable reply.
“Why, that would be a lowdown business!”
“Would it be lower down than your not helping your father, when you can?”