But,--you know his way,--
he said you were going to drop a lot of money like a-I can't quite
tell you what he likened you to.'
'The Earl may be mistaken.'
'You are not betting much, I hope.'
'Not plunging. But I have a little money on.'
'Don't get into the way of betting.'
'Why:--what difference does it make,--to you?'
'Is that kind, Lord Silverbridge?'
'I meant to say that if I did make a mess of it you wouldn't care
about it.'
'Yes, I should. I should care very much. I dare say you could lose
a great deal of money and care nothing about it.'
'Indeed I could not.'
'What would be a great deal of money to me. But you would want to
get it back again. And in that way you would be regularly on the
turf.'
'And why not?'
'I want to see better things from you.'
'You ought not to preach against the turf, Lady Mab.'
'Because of papa? But I am not preaching against the turf. If I
were such as you are I would have a horse or two myself. A man in
your position should do a little of everything. You should hunt
and have a yacht, and stalk deer and keep your own trainer at
Newmarket.
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