“Associate with you, for one thing.”
“Has Ezekiel forbidden it?”
“Yes.”
“Then perhaps I had better leave you?”
“By no means. I don’t propose to obey Mr. Snowdon in that.”
“Thank you, but I don’t want you to get into trouble.”
“What trouble can I get into?”
“He may undertake to flog you.”
“Let him try it,” said Bernard in a significant tone. “What do you think I would be doing? Did he ever undertake to chastise you?”
“No. He knew my father would not permit it.”