"Because, my dear boy, you've got the estate and you must stay and look after it."
"Barker'll look after it. That's what he's there for."
"Nonsense, Jerrold. There's no need for you to go out to India."
"There is need. I've got to go."
"You haven't. There's every need for you to stop where you are. Eliot will be going abroad if Sir Martin Crozier takes him on. And if Colin goes into the diplomatic service Goodness knows where he'll be sent to."
"Colin won't be sent anywhere for another four years."
"No. But he'll be at Cheltenham or Cambridge half the time. I must have one son at home."
"Sorry, Mother. But I can't stand it here. I've got to go, and I'm going."
To all her arguments and entreaties he had one answer: He had got to go and he was going.
Adeline left him and went to look for Eliot whom she found in his room packing to go back to London. She came sobbing to Eliot.