"Of course he would stretch it! You have given him reason to!" Robert began to pace up and down as well. "This will affect all of us, I tell you! Imagine what you are doing to all of us! This has gone on for far too long!"

He suddenly stopped pacing and turned to face Pearl with a jerk. "Father and mother have clearly lost their minds; Magnus has his -" 'cock in too many prostitutes to know what's happening around him' was what he had wanted to say, but at the last moment he remembered that he was not at school, but talking to a lady (or something that was supposed to pass for a lady), "own projects; your sisters are feebleminded; and Darius never had a mind to begin with." He conveniently forgot that Roger and Roderick even existed. "It's high time someone takes charge of you, before you can do any more damage. You will end this foolish experiment today. Tilly! Go pack your mistress' things."