He has none of his own and even pawned his watch for cash when he was abroad. Then he asks for money, the better to drink at a pub with.Later, Sebastian explains to Charles that he plans on ditching the hunting as soon as they all split up and spending the day at a pub in town.

Brideshead talks about hunting the next day, and Sebastian adds he’d like to go as well, much to everyone’s surprise.

It’s one of those tension-filled family dinners with which we’re familiar.

That night at dinner, Sebastian asks for whiskey and is given half a glass.

Samgrass but that her mother only sees what she wants to, and adds that she herself is causing trouble for the family, too. She mentions that there’s something fishy about Mr.

Shortly after Charles finds himself alone with Julia, who’s still treating Sebastian’s alcoholism with casual annoyance.

This is apparently all in vain, as Charles finds Sebastian alone in his room, drinking.

Samgrass lost him over Christmas and found him again the night before.

Brideshead finally corners Charles alone to tell him that his mother doesn’t want Sebastian drinking.

As they wait for dinner, Sebastian rings for Wilcox to bring drinks – but he’s busy having an intimate conversation with Lady Marchmain.He is not impressed with the students or the teachers, and agrees with Cordelia that modern art is 'bosh.' Ryder tells his friend all about his time in art school in Paris.Sebastian himself looks weary, thinner, pale.Oddly enough, Anthony Blanche is in one of the photos they bumped into him in Constantinople and he traveled with them to Beirut.Charles can tell there’s something that he’s not willing to tell Lady Marchmain. Sebastian isn’t in the pictures, and Samgrass insists that it’s because he was holding the camera. Samgrass is narrating the events of his travels with Sebastian. We open with Charles, Julia, Cordelia, Lady Marchmain, Brideshead, and Sebastian back at Brideshead castle, two days after Christmas.

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