“You may do as you please, but I'm going to see it out.”
“No, but I say do come along; that's a good, fellow.”
“Not I; why, we've only just come out. Didn't you hear? Wurley dared me to do a night's watching, and I said I meant to do it.”
“Yes; so did I. But we can change our minds. What's the good of having a mind if you can't change it! [Greek text] ai denterai poz phrontidez sophoterai—isn't that good Greek and good sense?”
“I don't see it. They'll only laugh and sneer if we go back now.”
“They'll laugh at us twice as much if we don't. Fancy they're just beginning pool now, on that stunning table. Come along, Brown; don't miss your chance. We shall be sure to divide the pools, as we've missed the claret. Cool hands and cool heads, you know. Green on brown, pink your player in hand! That's a good deal pleasanter than squatting here all night on the damp grass.”
“Very likely.”
“But you won't? Now, do be reasonable. Will you come if I stop with you another half-hour?”
“No.”
“An hour then? Say till ten o'clock?”