“For you rather.”
“I have said all that I can say.”
“And so have I. But surely you must be unconscious how grossly you are insulting me.”
“I want only to understand what purpose Mrs. Widdowson had in going to your rooms.”
“Then why not ask her? You are friends. She would doubtless tell you the truth.”
“If she comes to me voluntarily to make an explanation, I will hear it. But I shall not ask her.”
“Your view of the fitness of things is that I should request her to wait upon you for that purpose?”
“There are others who can act for you.”
“Very well. Then we are at a deadlock. It seems to me that we had better shake hands like sensible people, and say good-bye.”
“Much better—if it seems so to you.”