I’llwriteaseriesofstudiessomewhatlikeJefferies’-orBarrie’s-
only，ofcourse，I’llbeoriginal。I’lljusttakehisplanOftellingaboutthepeopleImeetandtheirqueerways，soquaintandgood。“
“I’mtiredofthescramble，“hekeptbreakingoutOfsilencetosay。
“Idon’tblametheboys，butit’splaintometheyseethatmygoingwillletthemmoveupone。Masoncynicallyvoicedthewholethingtoday：’Icansay，“Sorrytoseeyougo，Bloom，“becauseyourgoingdoesn’tconcernme。I’mnotinlineofsuccession，butsomeoftheotherboysdon’tfeelso。There’snodivinitydothhedgeaneditor；nothingbutlawpreventsthemurderofthoseabovebythosebelow。’“
“Idon’tlikeMr。Masonwhenhetalkslikethat，“saidthewife。