"
Suddenly he got to his feet; a fit of passion seized him. "What's Junia
to me--nothing! I've every reason to dislike her, but she comes and goes
as if the place belonged to her. She comes to my office; she comes to
this house; she visits Fabian; she tries to boss everybody. Why don't you
regularize it? Why don't you marry her, and then we'll know where we are?
She's got more brains than anybody else in our circle. She's got tact and
humour. Her sister's a fool; she's done harm. Junia's got sense. What are
you waiting for? I wouldn't leave her for Tarboe! Look here, Carnac, I
wanted you to do what Tarboe's doing, and you wouldn't. You cheeked
me--so I took him in. He's made good every foot of the way. He's a
wonder. I'm a millionaire. I'm two times a millionaire, and I got the
money honestly. I gave one-third of it to Fabian, and he left us. I paid
him in cash, and now he's fighting me."
Carnac bristled up: "What else could he do? He might have lived on the
interest of the money, and done nothing. You trained him for business,
and he's gone on with the business you trained him for. There are other
lumber firms. Why don't you quarrel with them? Why do you drop on Fabian
as if he was dirt?"
"Belloc's a rogue and a liar.
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