Presently Jevons got up. He said he had work to do.
"The Grand Attack, Furnival, the Grand Attack!"
And he left us together.
Norah looked after him.
"Poor little Jimmy," she said. "I don't think he ever did a bad thing in his life."
And then, with what seemed a daring irrelevance, "I wish Charlie wasn't here. I can't think why Viola ever asked him."
"Why shouldn't she?"
"Because he's bad for Jimmy. He puts him in the wrong."
I'm afraid I laughed a little brutally at the extravagance of this.
"Well," she said. "I can't bear him to suffer."