“I should, but I didna.”
Then she cooked dinner, and he sat beside her, and told, and retold the wrongs and sufferings he had innocently endured. It was all Reginald Rath he blamed, and he would not admit that his behavior had been in any way provocative of it. “He was furious because I married his sister, and naturally took the management of her money into my own hands.”
“Where are the Raths now?”
“I do not know. Somewhere in California, I suspect.”
“Why?”
“My wife has a good deal of real estate there. It was of little value when deeded to her. Its worth has increased enormously. Rath hated the idea of it belonging to me.”
“Neil, how does Roberta feel toward you?”
“She was angry as he was at first—but she loved me.”
“Why do you not go to her?”