CHAPTER XV
MR. TRUPP INTRODUCES THE LASH
There was no doubt that Anne Caspar was a woman of character.
"Too much character," said Mr. Trupp.
His wife was somewhat shocked.
"Can you have too much character?" she asked.
Her husband was in one of his philosophical moods.
"Character's only will," he growled. "It's the repression or direction of energy. You may misdirect your energies. Most so-called strong men do. Look at this fellow Chamberlain. Willed us into this war. If it hadn't been for his superfluous character we should never have heard of South Africa."
"And your investments would never have gone down," said Mrs. Trupp delicately.
The Doctor may have been unjust to the Colonial Secretary, but he was right about Anne Caspar, whom he knew rather better.