“No. I want to talk to you about this letter of her father’s.”
“Yes, dear, that’s why—”
“It’s simply the most offensive piece of writing that I’ve ever held in my hands!”
She stepped back from him, startled. “But, dear, I thought—”
“I can’t understand your even showing me such a thing!” he cried. “How did you happen to bring it to me?”
“Your uncle thought I’d better. He thought it was the simplest thing to do, and he said that he’d suggested it to Eugene, and Eugene had agreed. They thought—”
“Yes!” George said bitterly. “I should like to hear what they thought!”
“They thought it would be the most straightforward thing.”
George drew a long breath. “Well, what do you think, mother?”
“I thought it would be the simplest and most straightforward thing; I thought they were right.”