Blenkinsop.
I say, I’m sorry to hear this, old man.
Charles.
If it’s just a matter of wages, sir, I shall be ’appy to wait till it suits your convenience to pay me.
Gerald.
[With a smile of thanks.] I’m grateful to you for that, Charles; but, honestly, do you think half-measures can be of any use to me?
Charles.
Well, sir, so far as I’m acquainted with your circumstances....
Gerald.
Come, come, this modesty ill becomes you. Is there a bill in this room, or a solicitor’s letter, with which you are not intimately acquainted?