It was natural that I should take chances; but he was a man whose youth was past, a stockbroker with a position of respectability, a wife and two children.
How is this possible? You are supposed to be talking to our stockbrokers and making sure that our securities and investments are safe and making a profitable return!
After all, if he had any talent I should be the first to encourage it. I wouldn't have minded sacrifices. I'd much rather be married to a painter than to a stockbroker.