"That's all I'm after, myself, dad."
"I don't admit any responsibility for all this muss," Collingham declared, as if his son had accused him. "I don't care what anyone thinks; my conscience is clear."
"Of course, dad; of course!"
"But since things have happened as they have, I'd like to make them as easy as I can for everyone; and whatever money can do—"
"Or recognition?"
They came back to the original question.
"Yes; recognition, too—as soon as we've anyone to recognize. What I don't understand is all this backing and filling—"
"Have you asked mother?"
"In a way; and she's just as mysterious as you."
Bob tried another avenue.