“Oh! All right, thanks; a bit worried with the estate. The poor old gov'nor left it in rather a mess, you know.”
“Ah! Yes. Does he do other work?”
“Oh! Always busy in the parish.”
“And your brother Richard?”
“He's all right. Came home this year. Got just enough to live on, with his pension—hasn't saved a rap, of course.”
“And Willie? Is he still delicate?”
“Yes.”
“I'm sorry.”
“Easy job, his, you know. And even if his health does give out, his college pals will always find him some sort of sinecure. So jolly popular, old Willie!”
“And Alan? I haven't heard anything of him since his Peruvian thing came to grief. He married, didn't he?”