‘l’ve got them and I’m going to keep them,’ his father replied. ‘You must not drive when you’re drunk, Dexter. You'll kill yourself or you’ll kill someone else, which will be worse. I'll drive you to the station now. You can get the train back to London. And you can come and collect your car at the weekend, if you‘re sober by then. Perhaps you'll be able to talk sensibly to your mother then, too.’