“No undue agitation?”
“She was not agitated in the slightest.”
“Mr. Farr has asked you whether your son ever confided to you that he was having an affair with Mrs. Bellamy. I ask you whether he ever intimated that he was unhappy?”
“Not ever.”
“Did Mrs. Ives?”
“Never.”
“What was your impression as to their relations?”
“I thought——” For the first time the clear voice faltered, broke. She forced it back to steadiness relentlessly. “I thought that they were the happiest people that ever lived,” said Patrick Ives’s mother.
“Thank you, Mrs. Ives,” said Mr. Lambert gently. “That will be all.”
“Want me to bring back a sandwich?” inquired the reporter hospitably, gathering up his notes.