“Yes, but—Oh, it’s very involved. Are you really interested? I’m not sure that I understand it myself.”
He was quite sure that she wanted to tell him the whole story. And he wanted to hear it.
“I’m very much interested,” he said. “And perhaps,” he hazarded, “—perhaps I could help you to understand.”
“I wish you could.... I don’t know where to begin.”
Yes—she did want to tell him. And it would be interesting to know the truth about Clive and Phyllis—at last!
“Begin with yourself—before Clive came along,” he commanded.
“Oh—you think he changed me?”
“I’m sure of it.”
“Well—perhaps. Oh, of course I was a romantic little goose before he came along. And yet—that isn’t so, either.... I was hard-headed, in a way. It was I who made my father go into the taxi business and save the family from complete poverty. I did know some things—better than my father.”
“I’ve wondered about your folks,” he said. “Tell me about your father.”