He expected his father to be a little cross on this occasion, and he acknowledged to himself that there was cause for it.
He was a little late himself, and he found his father already buttering his toast. "I don't believe you'd get out of bed a moment sooner than you liked if you could save the whole property by it."
"You show me how I can make a guinea by it, sir, and see if I don't earn the money." Then he sat down and poured himself out a cup of tea, and looked at the kidneys and looked at the fish.
"I suppose you were drinking last night," said the old lord.
"Not particular." The old man turned round and gnashed his teeth at him. "The fact is, sir, I don't drink. Everybody knows that."

Nidderdale was a little late to breakfast, and found his father already buttering his toast. He sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.
"I suppose you were drinking last night," said the old lord. 