"Why should I?"
She did not take his hand, and with a quick frown he let it drop to his side.
"Well, you know you have not written me a line since I have been away."
She looked at him with open eyes at this.
"Did you expect me to write?"
"Of course," he said, with a smile. "It would have been the proper thing for a ward to do. And that brings me to the question I put to you just now. Are you still angry with me because I tried to enforce my authority when last I saw you?"
"No," she said, "I am not angry."
"Then look more pleasant."
Again she had to laugh, but it was a very transitory laugh.
"I thought you wanted to talk about the children."