“As you justly remark,” he answered, “my money matters have nothing to do with you and I am my own master.”
“At all events you will do me the justice to acknowledge that I was justified in my opposition when you made up your mind to become an artstudent.”
“I don’t know so much about that. I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one’s own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody’s else advice. I’ve had my fling, and I don’t mind settling down now.”