But he did not commit himself. He would think it over--he said to June.
CHAPTER VIII--BOSINNEY'S DEPARTURE
Old Jolyon was not given to hasty decisions; it is probable that he
would have continued to think over the purchase of the house at Robin
Hill, had not June's face told him that he would have no peace until he
acted.
At breakfast next morning she asked him what time she should order the
carriage.
"Carriage!" he said, with some appearance of innocence; "what for? I'm
not going out!"
She answered: "If you don't go early, you won't catch Uncle James before
he goes into the City."
"James! what about your Uncle James?"
"The house," she replied, in such a voice that he no longer pretended
ignorance.
"I've not made up my mind," he said.
"You must! You must! Oh! Gran--think of me!"
Old Jolyon grumbled out: "Think of you--I'm always thinking of you,
but you don't think of yourself; you don't think what you're letting
yourself in for. Well, order the carriage at ten!"
At a quarter past he was placing his umbrella in the stand at Park
Lane--he did not choose to relinquish his hat and coat; telling Warmson
that he wanted to see his master, he went, without being announced, into
the study, and sat down.
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