I adopted an attitude of being somewhat aggrieved.
“I don’t see why.”
“It wouldn’t have been fair.”
“I think it would have been a lot better than what you did do.”
I could see that shot struck home. She said, “I didn’t know, of course, what— Well, I couldn’t, look into the future myself,” and she laughed nervously.
“Miss Framley felt she tried to do the square thing by you and that you hadn’t been — well, suppose we say appreciative.”
“I’m sorry. How did you happen to come here?”
“Why, this was the logical place to look for you.”
“Why did you want to find me?”
“I thought perhaps something could be done to straighten things out.”