She knew what he meant; and so she remarked, "Had not this happened to me, God only knows how long it might have been before I had found my mother."
"She has been talking with you now?"
"Every day; she has done nothing else."
"Then, I dare say, you have heard many things."
"You may well say so."
"I suppose she talked about my father?"
"Yes."
"Does she still think of him?"
"She does."
"He was not kind to her."