‘Aren’t there, Roger!’
‘Best not to tell her.’
‘Yes—yes. If there are any of them you would care to tell me instead—just if you want to, mind—just if you are in a hole or anything?’
‘No thanks,’ very stiffly.
‘Any little debts, for instance?’
‘That’s all right now. Mother——’
‘She did?’
Roger is ready to jump at him. ‘I was willing to speak to you about them, but——’
‘She said, “Not worth while bothering father.”’
‘How did you know?’