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If it were published as his next work it would afford final proof to such sympathetic readers as he might still retain that he had hopelessly written himself out, and was now endeavouring to adapt himself to an inferior public. In spite of his dire necessities he now and then hoped that Jedwood might refuse the thing.
Mr Jedwood was an energetic and sanguine man, who had entered upon his business with a determination to rival in a year or so the houses which had slowly risen into commanding stability.
It pained her to observe the suppressed eagerness with which he looked for her reply. 'I will go if you wish, father, but I had rather not. 'I feel sure you would like Mrs Jedwood. One has no great opinion of her novels, but she is a woman of some intellect. Let me book you for next Sunday; surely I have a claim to your companionship now and then. Marian kept silence.
Yet stay have we not some Jedwood men in our troop?" "Plenty of Turnbulls, Rutherfords, Ainslies, and so forth," said Balveny. "Call me an inquest of these together; they are all good men and true, saving a little shifting for their living.
She glanced at him timidly, and turned a few pages of her book. 'I wanted her to come to Quarmby's, because there'll be a man there who is anxious that Jedwood should start a magazine, and it would be useful for her to hear practical opinions. There'd be no harm if you just spoke to her about it now and then. Of course if she has made up her mind to refuse me it's no use troubling myself any more.
'I suppose he was only replying to my father's attack upon him and his friends. 'Your father's attack is honest and straightforward and justifiable and well put. I read that chapter of his book with huge satisfaction. But has anyone suggested that another than Fadge was capable of that masterpiece? 'Yes. I am told that Mr Jedwood, the publisher, has somehow made a mistake. 'Jedwood?
"Where be our guards?" exclaimed this second Justinian; "see ye not a stranger knight from foreign parts arrived at this our court of Holyrood with our bold yeoman Andrew Dinmont, who has succeeded to the keeping of our royal flocks within the forest of Jedwood, where, thanks to our royal care in the administration of justice, they feed as safe as if they were within the bounds of Fife?
'I threw out the idea to Jedwood the other day, said Mr Quarmby, 'and he seemed to nibble at it. 'Yes, yes, came from Yule; 'but Jedwood has so many irons in the fire. I doubt if he has the necessary capital at command just now. No doubt he's the man, if some capitalist would join him. 'No enormous capital needed, opined Mr Quarmby. 'The thing would pay its way almost from the first.
Then again, I think Jedwood would take a share in the venture. These are details. At present I only want to familiarise you with the thought that an investment of this sort will very probably offer itself to you. 'It would be better if we called it a speculation, said Marian, smiling uneasily.
In the hands of a publisher like Jedwood a vigorous man of the new school its success could scarcely be doubtful. 'Do you think five thousand pounds would be enough to start such a review? 'Well, I can say nothing definite on that point. For one thing, the coat must be made according to the cloth; expenditure can be largely controlled without endangering success.
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