“No, Alf.”
“I didn't come back so well off as I expected.”
“But that doesn't matter, Alf.”
“I got heart-sick and tired of it, and couldn't stand it any longer, Mary.”
“But that's all over now, Alf; you mustn't think of it.”
“Your mother wrote to me.”
“I know she did”—(very low and gently).
“And do you know what she put in it, Mary?”
“Yes, Alf.”
“And did you ask her to put it in?”