‘Did I shout? Never mind. Go on! You had experiences.’
‘Why go into details?’
‘You must go on. You have said too much to stop. I insist upon hearing the experiences.’
‘Not if you ask for them in that way, Frank.’ Maude had a fine dignity of her own when she liked.
‘Well, I don’t insist. I beg you to have confidence in me, and tell me some of your experiences.’
She leaned back in her armchair with her eyes half closed, and a quiet retrospective smile upon her face.
‘Well, if you would really like to hear, Frank, as a proof of my confidence and trust, I will tell you. You will remember that I had not seen you at the time.’
‘I will make every excuse.’
‘I will tell you a single experience. It was my first of the sort, and stands out very clearly in my memory. It all came through my being left alone with a gentleman who was visiting my mother.’
‘Yes!’