"Will you take five hundred pounds and go out to the colonies?"
Frank looked up with an amused smile.
"No, I won't—thanks very much.... Am I in such disgrace as all that, then?"
"You know I don't mean that," said Jack quietly.
"No, old chap. I oughtn't to have said that. I'm sorry."
Jack waved a hand.
"I thought perhaps you'd loathe England, and would like—And you don't seem absolutely bursting with pride, you know."
"Honestly, I don't think I am," said Frank. "But England suits me very well—and there are the other two, you know. But I'll tell you one thing you could do for me."
"Yes?"
"Pay those extra bills. I don't think they're much."