‘Less than you’d think,’ said Gerald, revealing a strange poverty in his look at the other man.

There was silence, each thinking his own thoughts.

‘I don’t see what she has to distinguish between teaching at the Grammar School, and coming to teach Win,’ said Gerald.

‘The difference between a public servant and a private one. The only nobleman today, king and only aristocrat, is the public, the public. You are quite willing to serve the public — but to be a private tutor — ’

‘I don’t want to serve either — ’

‘No! And Gudrun will probably feel the same.