I thought you inherited your money. Essays - Daisy, Kernel Panic

I thought you inherited your money." "I did, old sport," he said automatically, "but I lost most of it in the big panic the panic of the war. I think he hardly knew what he was saying, for when I asked him what business he was in he answered, "That's my affair," before he realized that it wasn't the appropriate reply. "Oh, I've been in several things," he corrected himself. "I was in the drug business and then I was in the oil business. But I'm not in either one now." With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils And inside, as we wandered through Marie Antoinette music-rooms and Restoration salons, I felt that there were guests concealed behind every couch and table, under orders to be breathlessly silent until we had passed through His bedroom was the simplest room of all except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold.