Chapter 48

‘Hullo, Sonny Boy,’ he said, grinning into the instrument ‘Did she accept you? It’ll cost you seven and sixpence. Better buy a dog. Yes, boy, I said _dog_. I say, where’s the Bentley? Could you send her round? No, Wootton can leave her here. Oh, and by the way, Ivanhoe, now you’re sober you might point out to the family that you can only disinherit an offspring once. One offspring—one disinheritance. Make that quite clear. Yes, I know it’s four o’clock in the morning. You’ll send the bus at once, won’t you? Yes, th…