Do anything you like, but get me
out of this frightful marriage business."
If anything had been needed to emphasize his desire for freedom, the
attitude of Frank and Percy would have supplied it. Every day they made
it clearer that the man who married Muriel would be no stranger to
them. It would be his pleasing task to support them, too, in the style
to which they had become accustomed. They conveyed the idea that they
went with Muriel as a sort of bonus.
* * * * *
The Coppin family were at high tea when Roland reached home. There was
a general stir of interest as he entered the room, for it was known
that he had left that morning with the intention of approaching Mr.
Fineberg on the important matter of a rise in salary. Mr. Coppin
removed his saucer of tea from his lips. Frank brushed the tail of a
sardine from the corner of his mouth. Percy ate his haddock in an
undertone. Albert Potter, who was present, glowered silently.
Roland shook his head with the nearest approach to gloom which his
rejoicing heart would permit.
"I'm afraid I've bad news."
Mrs.
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