How was she to begin? She stood quite still, and her silence warned him of something unpleasant to come.
“It’s very difficult—” she said. “Please sit down, Mr. Malloy!”
He did so, and she seated herself opposite him.
“I must be very firm!” she thought. “Oh, if I only can get rid of him!”
He waited for some time.
“I hope there’s nothing wrong, Mrs. Vincelle,” he said, at last.
“No ... I should not call it wrong.... Indeed, I think ... I won’t try to conceal from you, Mr. Malloy, that all this has been very painful for me. I have always had the greatest respect for Andrée’s husband and I thought it a great—a terrible mistake for her to leave him.”
He flushed.
“I’m sorry ...” he said.