She made a little helpless gesture with her hands, as if to say, "What's to be done about it?"
"You're not angry with me for mentioning the fact?"
"Angry? No. I like you, you see. But what's the use?"
He looked her full in the eyes for a moment. "We shall have to discuss that later."
"What's the use of discussing? You can't discuss Godfrey out of existence!"
"Not out of existence—practically speaking?"
"Oh, no! Nonsense! Of course not!" She was genuinely vexed and troubled now.
"All right. Don't fret," he said, smiling. "It can wait."
She looked at him gravely, her lips just parted. "You do complicate things!" she murmured.
"You'd rather I'd held my tongue about it?"