“Burmah?”
“Why shouldn’t he be?”
“No reason at all,” Alan admitted, “but ... well ... I thought there was something funny about that family.”
“You think everything’s funny that’s just a little bit different from the deadly average,” said Michael. “What exactly was funny, may I ask?”
“I don’t think Mrs. Haden is a lady, for one thing,” Alan blurted out.
“I do,” said Michael shortly, “And, anyway, if she weren’t, I don’t see that that makes any difference to me and Lily.”
“But what are you going to do?” Alan asked. “Do you think you’re going to marry her?”
“Some day. Life isn’t a cricket-match, you know,” said Michael sententiously. “You can’t set your field just as you would like to have it at the moment.”
“You know best what’s good for you,” Alan sighed.
“Yes ... I think I do. I think it’s better to live than to stagnate as you’re doing.”