And he had
brought Gerald up to see the Derby, thereby causing him to be sent
away from Cambridge! And through it all there was present to him
a feeling that by no words which he could use would he be able to
make his father understand how deeply he felt all this.
He could not bring himself to see the Duke that evening, and the
next morning he was sent for before he was out of bed. He found
his father at breakfast with the tutor's letter before him. 'Do
you know anything about this?' asked the Duke very calmly.
'Gerald ran up to see the Derby, and in the evening missed the
train.'
'Mr Harnage tells me that he had been expressly ordered not to go
to these races.'
'I suppose he was, sir.'
Then there was silence between them for some minutes. 'You might
as well sit down and eat your breakfast,' said the father. Then
Lord Silverbridge did sit down and pour himself out a cup of tea.
There was no servant in the room, and he dreaded to ring the bell.
'Is there anything you want?' asked the Duke. There was a small
dish of fried bacon on the table, and some cold mutton on the
sideboard.
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