"You people seem to have seriously offended Mr. Root," he began.
"You don't say so!" Benson replied. He was shaving.
Dawn could not understand Benson's type of humor.
"I am afraid you have," he said.
Benson cut himself.
"I don't remember having called him anything worse than a cadet," he said sweetly.
"Oh, I see you are joking."
"No. I did call him that."
"I'm sorry to hear you say it. Sorry to have you verify the report that you used intemperate language. I have never met Mr. Root. But he has many friends among...."
"The best people?" Benson interrupted.