“Lots of people don’t.”
“Nor religion.”
“I don’t care much for religion myself.”
“The more shame to ye. They say Steve’s got a wife up in Boston. Has he?”
“I’ve never asked him. He’s never told me.”
“But if he has why don’t he live with her?”
“That’s his own business.”
“It’s bad business. There’s somethin’ wrong about him. I say let Steve Lamar alone. He’ll do ye harm.”
“Mother, I don’t care who he is, or what he is, or what he does, so long as he does what I’ve asked him to do.”
“What’ve ye asked him to do?”