For a few minutes she stitched in silence. When she spoke it was without stopping her work or lifting her head.
"I'm sorry that you should raise that question again. I thought it was settled."
"Supposing it was, it can be reopened—if there's a reason."
"But there is none."
"That's all you know about it. There's a very important reason."
"Since—when?"
"Since Lakefield."
"Do you mean anything that Monsieur de Bienville may have said?"
"I do."
"That wouldn't be a reason—for me."