"My father and
mother lead absolutely separate lives. It happened four years ago.
Perhaps you have forgotten."
"I did not hear of it at the time, Miss Grand,' he explained.
"We have lived abroad ever since. So, you see, I have had little or no
opportunity to talk with my father. We write to each other, of course,
but letters are not like talks. I am to visit him next month in New
York. I can hardly wait for the time to come." She was now speaking
rapidly, eagerly. "I--I don't believe that all the things they said
about him in the newspapers were true. My mother's lawyers brought up
everything they could think of, whether it was true or not. You see--
Oh, you don't mind hearing me talk like this, do you?" She interrupted
herself to insert this question.
He hastened to assure her that she might speak freely to him, and with
perfect confidence in his discretion. But, he suggested, it would be
better if they were to continue the conversation in a place less
conspicuous. He led her to a distant corner of the room, where they
might be quite free from interruption. Her peculiar attitude
interested and disturbed him.
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