"Very well," said Miles, still standing at the door. There had been a few words of consultation between him and his father,--only a very few words. "You'd better see it out to-night, as you've had a regular salary, and all that. I shall hook it. I sha'n't go near him to-morrow till I find out how things are going. By G----, I've had about enough of him." But hardly enough of his money,--or it may be presumed that Lord Alfred would have "hooked it" sooner.

"Very well," said Miles, still standing at the door. There had been a few words of consultation between him and his father. "You'd better see it out tonight," his father had said, "as you've had a regular salary. I shan't go near him till I find out how things are going. By G__ , I've had about enough of him."
