you , if you do not know ---- ” “ My dear child , ” interruptedinterruptTuppence , “ there is nothing I do _ not _ know about the cost of living .
Pulls down ninety thousand a year , and if he 's thirty-five I 'll -- " " Well , you askedaskmy advice , " interruptedinterrupthis mother 's voicevoicewith that muffled effect which is caused by a skirt being slipped over the head , " and I gavegiveit .
I do myself the honour of callingcallas soon as possible after my arrivalarrival, to expressexpressthe hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange : I heardhearyesterday you had had some thoughts -- ' ' Thrushcross Grange is my own , sir , ' he interruptedinterrupt, wincingwince. '
" Yet , if still living , " interruptedinterruptCurtis , harshly , " he is a rough street boy , perchance serving his time at Blackwell 's Island , and , a hardened young ruffian , whom it would be bitter mortification to recognize as your son . "