“All very nice,” Mr. Westcott was grave again. “And so you are tired of Treliss?”
“Not only Treliss—this house—everything. I hate it.”
“You have no regret at leaving me?”
“You know—father—that...”
“Yes?”
Peter rose suddenly from the table—they faced one another.
“I want you to let me go. You have never cared in the least for me and you do not want me here. I shall go mad if I stay in this place. I must go.”
“Oh, you must go? Well, that's plain enough at any rate—and when do you propose leaving us?”
“After Easter—the Wednesday after Easter,” he said. “Oh, father, please. Give me a chance. I can do things in London—I feel it. Here I shall never do anything.”
Peter raised his eyes to his father's and then dropped them. Mr. Westcott senior was not pleasant to look at.