'She did?'
Roger is ready to jump at him. 'I was willing to speak to you about them, but—'
'She said, "Not worth while bothering father."'
'How did you know?'
'Oh, I have met your mother before, you see. Nothing else?'
'No.'
'Haven't been an ass about a girl or anything of that sort?''
'Good lord, father!'
'I shouldn't have said it. In my young days we sometimes—It's all different now.'
'I don't know, I could tell you things that would surprise you.'