"Just so. And therefore you can dispose of nothing else. Your son, of course, could join you, and then you could sell either one estate or the other."
"There is no question of selling Caversham, sir. Lady Pomona and I reside there."
"Your son will not join you in selling the other place?"
"I have not directly asked him; but he never does do anything that I wish. I suppose you would not take Pickering Park on a lease for my life."
"I think not, Mr. Longestaffe. My wife would not like the uncertainty."

"Just so. And therefore you can dispose of nothing else. Your son, of course, could join you, and then you could sell either one estate or the other."
"There is no question of selling Caversham, sir. Lady Pomona and I reside there."
"Your son will not join you in selling the other place?"
"He never does anything that I wish. I suppose you would not take Pickering Park on a lease?"
"I think not, Mr. Longestaffe. My wife would not like the uncertainty."
