“And how do you feel about it?”
“I feel that it’s Uncle Alden’s money and he can do with it just as he pleases.”
“You’re friendly with Emily Milicant?”
“Not particularly.”
“But you’d be glad to see them married?”
“No,” she said, “I don’t think I would, but I do want Uncle Alden to be free to do what he wants.”
“And what,” Mason asked, “did you want me to do?”
“Isn’t it the law that a person can manage his own property unless his mind becomes so affected that other people can take advantage of him?”
“Something to that effect,” Mason said.
Phyllis Leeds said, “They’re trying to show that he can be imposed upon, and there are certain things they must never find out.”